Entrepreneurial home-builders point the way

The good news is that from the depths of the Great Recession, Rhode Island has seen a 50 percent increase in new-home starts. Unfortunately, that still puts the state at 30 percent of the average home-construction starts registered from 2000 to 2003 (and further still from the subprime-lending-fueled peak of later years). And well short of a level that can sustain the construction industry at previous employment levels. More

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