By iHeartMedia's Corey Olson Feb 3, 2021 The coronavirus pandemic has hammered much of the economy over the past year, but one sector has thrived and continues to: housing. The final numbers for December reflect a banner year for residential real estate, both nationwide and here in the Houston area. "In the U.S., total single-family housing sales were up 5.6 percent last year, the best in 16 years, but in Houston we were almost double that--10.5 percent, the best in history," says Ted C. Jones, chief economist with the Stewart Title Company in Houston. "So, we are looking at a very robust...