Sacramento-area housing industry veterans still picking up the pieces

• Published in: McClatchy - Tribune Business News
• Main Author: Hecht, Peter
• Format: Newsletter
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 05.04.2011
• Subjects: Careers; Construction industry; Displaced workers; Employment; Engineers; Houses; Housing; Insurance policies; Layoffs; Loans; Manufacturing; Marketing; Mortgages; Personal profiles; Sales; Subprime lending; Training; Southern California; United States > US

The manufacturing sales rep went from marketing basic chrome faucets to supplying upscale polished brass and brushed nickel as the Sacramento home market shimmered with regal new communities from Serrano in El Dorado Hills to Sun City in Lincoln. Nobody wants to hear about it. Because everybody has...