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Construction of new homes, like this one off Bear Drive, has dropped since the height of the market in 2006 and 2007, but several local contractors have weathered the storm and are looking for opportunities and projects in an effort to get back to work.

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Optional buying slows Steamboat housing market recovery

In a sign of the times, Tom Fox received 52 applications when his company, Fox Construction, ran a classified newspaper ad this spring seeking to hire a project manager and estimator.

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