What moved in RGV construction this week, dated and sourced.
Permits and starts by city, the materials basket, labor capacity, money and the projects that are real. Written for general contractors, subs and suppliers in Hidalgo and Cameron counties.
Cameron's new work is sitework; Hidalgo housing waits on nine months of supply.
The new Cameron permit is grading and ponds. A Hidalgo spec start this month still sells into a long inventory and a higher 30-year.
SAMPLE ISSUE — NOT A LIVE WEEK
Read this week →McAllen, Mission, Edinburg, Pharr, Weslaco, Brownsville, Harlingen and the rest. Commercial over $50K from state filings; single-family where the city posts it, and DARK where it does not.
Framing, sheathing, concrete, rebar, roofing and fuel, with RGV shelf prices checked twice a week.
Crew availability, build times and enforcement activity that affects jobsites. On-record reports only.
Months of supply, mortgage rates and local jobs, read for what they mean for starts.
Every project carries a status: verified, announced / pre-dirt, or withdrawn.
Each issue makes dated calls. Each call is graded HIT or MISS in public when it comes due.