Home construction ramps up
Miles Campbell holds a place in line for a good friend in front of the Huntington Beach sales offices of home builder Woodbridge Pacific Group. Potential buyers were attracted by a dozen new homes for sale. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A framer measures lumber on the walls of a clubhouse at a new subdivision in Huntington Beach. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The Larm family of Hesperia tours a model home at Rosena Ranch, a 386-acre subdivision in San Bernardino County, where construction slowed dramatically during the recession. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
The Larm family tours model homes at Rosena Ranch, which is now bustling with builders pounding away at massive home frames. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Hoa Nguyen holds the No. 1 spot in line for his son at Woodbridge Pacific, which was touting new homes in Huntington Beach “starting in the low 1,200,000s.” (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Chris Thibodeau, a biotech executive, waits in line to buy into a new Huntington Beach subdivision earlier this year. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)