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Oklahoma builders, agents face winter weather

BY RICHARD MIZE | Published: January 30, 2010

The ice and snow are dealing homebuilders and real estate agents more setbacks, a month after the Christmas Eve blizzard brought construction and home shopping to a stop.

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Jan 30Families enjoying their time in the snow.

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Jan 30Clouds will gradually clear from west to east today......

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Conversations at the Salvation Army

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Jan 29Snow and ice from the recent storm.

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For builders, the wintry weather could mean another statistical hiccup.

The blizzard kept builders out of city halls the last week in December, when they might have been obtaining...
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