By Gremlyn Waddell | The Arizona Republic
With the holidays just around the corner and thoughts of home soon to be on lots of folks’ minds, it’s a good time to check in on the current the state of the Valley’s housing industry.
Mostly, there’s good news, according to Larry Kush, a life director with the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona. Over the past two years, approximately 11,000 building permits for single-family, new homes have been issued annually, and he said the expectation is that the number will reach 16,000 by year’s end.