Numbers up on home remodeling despite economy

From: Daily Record, The Wooster, OH | Date: May 11, 2008| Author: CHRIS LEONARD | Copyright information

By CHRIS LEONARD

Staff Writer

MILLERSBURG -- Businesses specializing in remodeling interiors and exteriors of homes are seeing a wave of business despite low numbers in consumer confidence, plagued by high gas prices, an unsteady job market and mounting credit card debt.

"I think what it is with the credit crunch ... they are just opting to put money back into their existing homes as opposed to going out and buying a new one," said Denny Frazier of Wooster- based Dutch Cou...

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