Article: California Housing Boom Keeps Pest Control Operators Hopping.

By Shig Onimura, The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 2--Craig Swanston, partner of the Craig & Sons Termite & Pest Control of Redlands, hired two workers in December. "I've been in this business for 35 years, but it's unheard of. Winter is usually very, very slow." Thriving home sales contribute to the healthy growth of the pest control industry in the Inland Empire, a necessary part of the escrow process.

Despite holiday seasons, home sales in San Bernardino reached record levels in December.

Sales last month were 30 percent to 40 percent higher than the same time the previous year, ...

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