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Permit Reports
Single-Family
Permit Activity Remains Steady
Continuing
to show signs of a steady recovery,
single-family permit activity totaled
829 permits during the month of
August. Year-to-date, a total of
5,884 single-family permits have
been issued. In comparison, 714
single-family permits were issued
during August 2000 and a total of
6,075 permits were issued during
the first eight months of last year.
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August
Permit Reports
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Residential
Building Permit Statistics
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Permit information
is compiled by the Home Builders
Association
of Greater Kansas City.
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"Falling interest
rates and a strong underlying demand for
housing seem to have sparked housing activity
during the last four months," said
Tim Underwood, Executive Vice President
of the Home Builders Association of Greater
Kansas City. "Even as signs of a
falling economy continue to grow, the
housing industry has been a bright star."
The recent rebound in the
local housing market follows what proved
to be a slow start to the beginning of
2001. At the end of August, however, permit
activity was only 4 percent behind activity
reported during the same period last year.
"Activity in the housing
industry didn't start out as strong as
it has been in previous years, but during
the last four months, activity seems to
have increased significantly," Underwood
explained.
Olathe remains the top-permitting
city through August with 950 single-family
permits issued. Ranking second in the
number of single-family permits issued
for the year-to-date is Kansas City, Mo.,
with 789. Overland Park and Lee's Summit
are the third and fourth top-permitting
cities with 573 and 527 single-family
permits issued respectively.
Rounding out the top-permitting
cities for the year-to-date are Shawnee,
347; Blue Springs, 227; Lenexa, 218; Independence,
190; Raymore, 172; and Liberty, 129.
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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