{"id":173106,"date":"2012-03-20T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T20:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=173106"},"modified":"2012-03-21T15:52:30","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T20:52:30","slug":"laura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=173106","title":{"rendered":"Tyler, Longview among Improving Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=173110\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-173110\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/03\/thumb_tyler-area-builders-assoication.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_tyler-area-builders-assoication\" width=\"111\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-173110\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u2014 Tyler and Longview are among 12 Texas cities on the March National Association of Home Builders\/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI). The index identifies metropolitan areas that have shown improvement in housing permits, employment, and house prices for at least six consecutive months. The IMI listed more improving markets in Texas than any other state. \u201cThe point is that economic conditions have been consistently strengthening in a diverse array of individual markets nationwide,\u201d said NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg. Other markets in Texas that made the list included Austin, San Antonio, Amarillo, Dallas, Laredo, McAllen, Midland, Odessa and Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the economy is improving, our builders are seeing more and more clients who may have been watching and waiting for the last few years,\u201d said Libby Simmons, executive vice-president of the Tyler Area Builders Association (TABA). \u201cThese numbers are a continuing sign that things are improving.\u201d In fact, the number of houses in TABA\u2019s upcoming 59th Annual Parade of Homes has increased significantly over last year. TABA officials say that signals additional strength in the Tyler area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2014 Tyler and Longview are among 12 Texas cities on the March National Association of Home Builders\/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI). The index identifies metropolitan areas that have shown improvement in housing permits, employment, and house prices for at least six consecutive months. The IMI listed more improving markets in Texas than any &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=173106\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tyler, Longview among Improving Markets<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-01 16:43:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173106"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173432,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173106\/revisions\/173432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}