BEAUFORT -- The housing market slump has had a trickle-down effect on the area's residential construction industry, according to local builders. Gerald Neal, owner of Neal's Construction, first noticed the slowdown earlier this year. "It's real tough times for those guys -- the (residential construction) subcontractors. They're having a rough time," he said. The commercial construction industry has not been hit quite as hard, he said.

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