BUSINESS
August 15, 1995 | JOHN O'DELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
They fled Southern California's recession in 1991, one to the ranges of Montana, the other to the bustle of a Mexico promising to explode with opportunity under the North American Free Trade Agreement. Now they're back. Orange County real estate powerhouses Brandon Birtcher and Roger C. Hobbs have joined forces under the Birtcher family's banner to re-enter the cutthroat home-building business as B.Birtcher/R.Hobbs Communities.