...read details)? With so many foreclosures and so much standing inventory. Will new homes sales ever pick back up again and if so how long will it take?

The reason I ask is because I'm a carpenter and before 2006, all I did was remodeling and alteration work on older homes. Then I wanted to get into new construction in 2006. I enrolled in the carpentry program at a Technical college just before the housing crisis hit. Now that I have learned all these new skills, I can't find a job because there's no demand for new homes anymore. Has anyone else been faced with a similar situation? and does anyone think I should get back into fixing up older homes again or just look for a different line of work?