[bigheadfred]

Being a cabinetmaker I can tell you around here what we are seeing in the residential area is mostly remodels as people try to upgrade the value of their homes. We completed a job over in Jackson Hole on a (listed) $3.4 million dollar home that was a remodel. Which is a bit different because the rich people who infest that area usually just build new to suit.

Much is the same in the commercial end with people taking existing structures and remodeling to suit their needs. A big part of the commercial end is in health care related services.

There is a new Panda Express going up over by the Walmart though. woohoo. (we dint get that bid)

[SkyPilot]

Good update, thanks. The only reason health care related businesses are building is because Medicare, Mediciad, and ObamaCare are consuming more than our tax revenues. As baby boomers become geriatric, it will get even worse.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Here, even the remodelers are without work. New home sales are non-existent for all intents and purposes. Older home sales a little better if the seller is willing to give it away. My original “Happy days are here again” comment was sarcastic. Foreclosures are down but still too high. That suppresses the crap out of the entire market. Foreclosures and short sells being scooped up by investors who are not willing to sell at today’s values. I believe in the future because with God’s Grace the American people will overcome this. Too bad we don’t have some help from the RINOs that keep rubber stamping 0bama’s agenda. But God and the American People are bigger than the opposition.

[1010RD]

NY and Florida are having a rehab rebound as well. I don’t think it is a sign of recovery, though. People are stuck, they find it easier to remodel than move.