ALBUQUERQUE'S HOMEBUILDING INDUSTRY SEEMS TO BE RECOVERING… ALTHOUGH VERY SLOWLY. BUILDING PERMITS IN 2014 TOTALED JUST UNDER 16-HUNDRED…THE MOST IN FIVE YEARS. BUT JOHN GARCIA WITH THE HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATION SAYS THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO TO REACH THE LEVELS OF A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE IN A BUILDING BOOM. HE SAYS THERE WERE MORE THAN 6-THOUSAND NEW HOUSING STARTS IN 2006.
MAY WAS THE BIGGEST MONTH FOR BUILDING PERMITS LAST YEAR…WITH ALMOST 200…THE MOST SINCE AUGUST OF 2008.
