Service Star Brands

8 apprentices successfully graduated from the Tech Track program at Service Star Brands this week. We celebrated with a company-wide Town Hall breakfast sponsored by Trane. It’s our second cohort this winter, and the whole undertaking is enormously gratifying on a personal level and strategically important for culture-building and operational excellence. The company is better positioned than ever to exceed customer expectations. Direct quote from one of our graduates, Archie: “I am forever grateful to Service Star for giving me this opportunity. I have two young kids at home, and this is finally providing me with a career path and a way to provide for my family. It is giving my purpose, new goals, and security if I do my job. I love being a part of this community, and I’ve already made it a habit to come to work an hour early to learn from the others and get ready for the day. I will give it my all for Service Star and do my best to take care of our homeowner customers.”

D-FW grew by the size of a large suburb last year, adding over 152,000 new residents. The one-year population growth is equivalent to adding a city the size of Mesquite to the region. It built on the expansion that saw D-FW surpass 8 million in population at the start of 2023. By Nick Wooten and José Luis Adriano #census #dfw #population #dallas #fortworth #growth

Strong demand for new North Texas homes caused builders to increase starts by 50% in the final months of 2023. The fourth-quarter increase pushed total starts for 2023 to 50,244 houses, up almost 3% from 2022′s housing production. By Steve Brown #dfwbusiness #business #realestate

Congrats William "Dusty" Corgill 😎

Two Texas markets — Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth — are forecast to be the country’s top housing markets in 2024. That’s the latest forecast from the National Association of Realtors, which calls out metro areas it expects to see the most housing demand next year. Houston ranked sixth on the list of where the residential real estate trade association expects homebuying to be the strongest. By Steve Brown #realestate #dallas #austin #homebuying