Greater Houston Partnership: 2015 building permits

​HOUSTON – City of Houston building permits totaled $7.6 billion for the first 11 months of 2015, down 5.3 percent from $8.0 billion in the same period last year.

Both the commercial and residential sectors experienced declines in permit activity.

Non-residential permits dropped 3.8 percent, from $5.2 billion November 2014 YTD to $5.0 billion November 2015 YTD. During the same period, residential permits declined 8.0 percent from $2.8 billion to $2.6 billion.