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An Alternative Housing Recovery Story

The following chart shows new home sales divided by existing home sales.


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1. New home sales create construction jobs.
2. Existing home sales do not create construction jobs.

The next chart shows residential construction employees per capita.


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Note the exceptionally weak recovery in residential construction employment.

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Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: New Home Sales / Existing Home Sales
St. Louis Fed: Residential Construction Employees per Capita

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