THE NUMBERS STILL AREN'T GREAT, BUT THERE'S SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS ABOUT HOMEBUILDING IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. JOHN GARCIA, THE HEAD OF THE LOCAL HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATION, SAYS BUILDING PERMITS IN 2013 WERE AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL IN FOUR YEARS. HE SAYS IT SEEMS THE HOUSING MARKET IS STABILIZING AND HE'S HOPING FOR CONTINUED RECOVERY IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA.
MORE THAN 14-HUNDRED BUILDING PERMITS WERE ISSUED LAST YEAR. THAT'S FAR BELOW THE NUMBERS FROM ALBUQUERQUE'S BUILDING BOOM OF SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO…BUT UP MORE THAN 200 FROM THE LOW IN 2011.
