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Permit Reports
Residential
Permit Activity Shows Signs of Slow
Rebound
For
the second consecutive month, single-family
permit activity in the Greater Kansas
City metropolitan area showed signs
of a possible recovery. During the
month of May, 838 single-family
permits were issued metro wide,
bringing the year-to-date total
to 3,505. By comparison, single-family
permit activity totaled 4,060 through
May 2000 with 874 single-family
permits issued last May.
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May
Permit Reports
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Residential
Building Permit Statistics
- Excel
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Single-family
Detached Residential Building
Permits Report - Excel
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Permit information
is compiled by the Home Builders
Association
of Greater Kansas City.
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Olathe remains the
top-permitting city through May with 566
single-family permits issued year-to-date.
Ranking second in the number of single-family
permits issued year-to-date is Kansas
City, Mo., with 457. Overland Park and
Lee’s Summit are the third and fourth
top-permitting cities with 361 and 336
single-family permits issued respectively.
Rounding out the top-permitting
cities year-to-date are Shawnee, 230;
Lenexa, 134; Blue Springs, 132; Raymore,
112; Independence, 101; and Kansas City,
Kan., 74.
“Comparing the first five
months of 2001 to the same time period
in 2000 reflects a 14 percent decrease
in the number of single-family permits
issued,” said Tim Underwood, Executive
Vice President of the Home Builders Association.
“While it’s looking like we have been
picking up some steam, only four of the
top ten permitting cities — Olathe, Lee’s
Summit, Raymore and Kansas City, Kan.,
— are ahead of figures recorded last year.”
The Home Builders Association
of Greater Kansas City (HBA) is the voice
of the housing industry and the source
for housing information. Comprising more
than 1,000 member companies, the HBA represents
an industry that contributes more than
$2.5 billion to the Kansas City economy
and supports more than 36,000 jobs in
the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area.
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