Montgomery County is anticipated to see professional job growth and increased home sales in 2019, according to Scott Davis, senior vice president for Meyers Research, LLC. On Dec. 6, the Montgomery County Builders and Developers Division—a branch of the Greater Houston Builders Association—hosted a luncheon to provide an economic outlook for 2019. Davis, who served as the event's keynote speaker, offered insight at the luncheon into housing market and job growth projection of the Houston-Sugar Land-The Woodlands metro, otherwise known as the Greater Houston area. He said new home closings—or the amount of new homes that are sold—in the Greater Houston area as a whole have decreased 5 percent in the last 12 months. Here are six trends to know as we move into 2019: