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. >> reporter: for sale in upscale hinsdale, illinois, is this newly-built nantucket-style house. price tag: $1.6 million. >> in here is the kitchen. this is a white inset painted cabinet. >> reporter: steve subkoyack built the 3,600-square-foot home on spec, and he says it took roughly 175 people to do it. >> that goes from your architect, your engineer, demo, all the way through framers, electricians, plumbers, dry wall, all the way through final cleaning, window washers, everybody. >> reporter: the jobs created by the construction of this one home clearly illustrate why the stagnant housing industry is weighing so heavily on the rest of the u.s. economy. experts estimate one construction job can generate at least two more in other areas like landscaping and painting. and when construction tanks, it can take those other jobs with it. perhaps no company understands that better than mcilwee millwork. the nearly 50-year-old family- owned company makes frames for doors and windows. in 2006 before the housing market slumped, the company employed about 35 workers; today, it has about

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