have knowledge of THIS EXERCISE. TR...

have knowledge of THIS EXERCISE. TRANSPORT YOURSELF BACK TO THE time when you enrolled the industry. For baby boomer this may be the late '70 or early '80 What were the big issues facing the industry back then? Are they any different from the commons facing us today?

I first started writing about housing in 1980 sum of two units years after BUILDER magazine was born. Then, as now, the industry lived with the constant threat of a recession. In 1978 housing starts hit an all-time peak of 2020300 on 1982, they stood at half that amount, 1062200