It's booming;
Single-family new house construction building permits:
1996: 13 buildings, average cost: $39,400
1997: 14 buildings, average cost: $39,400
1998: 14 buildings, average cost: $39,400
1999: 15 buildings, average cost: $39,400
2000: 13 buildings, average cost: $39,400
2001: 13 buildings, average cost: $39,400
2002: 14 buildings, average cost: $39,400
2003: 15 buildings, average cost: $39,400
Those numbers sound like a fairy tale to me.
