By Richard Mize Real Estate Editor richardmize@oklahoman.comMetro-area homebuilders are heading out of 2016 the way they headed in, as if in the wake of the Great Recession rather than seven years removed from it. But they have reasons to be optimistic, "since the president has been elected, and oil is starting to do a little better and the economy is doing better," said Kenyon Woods, president of the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association. Authentic Custom Homes, owned by Kenyon and his wife, Brandi, has been busy this year in additions in the Edmond and Deer Creek areas, even as construction slowed in general across the Oklahoma City area. Activity was similar to 2011, when the recession and housing crash were just two years in the past.Read more on NewsOK.com