Houston building permits Sept. 2012 | Houston building permits Sept. 2012 | https://www.recenter.tamu.edu/news/newstalk-texas/?Item=9215 | 2012-10-24T10:44:00Z | 2012-10-24T00:00:00Z |
HOUSTON - Permits for residential construction in the city of Houston grew faster than nonresidential construction in September 2012, according to the City of Houston’s Building Permit Department. Year-to-date total building permits are up 37.6 percent from $2.6 billion in the first three quarters of 2011 to $3.57 billion in the first three quarters 2012.
For the 12 months ending September 2012, building permits totaled $4.6 billion, a 40.2 percent increase over the $3.3 billion in permits issued during the 12 months ending September 2011.
New nonresidential permits totaled $977 million from January 2012 to September 2012, a 43.3 percent increase from $682 million for January 2011 to September 2011.
New residential permits totaled $1.07 billion from January 2012 to September 2012, a 49.3 percent increase from $714 million for January 2011 to September 2011.
City of Houston Permit Valuations
|
Sept. 2012 |
Sept. 2011 |
Change |
New nonresidential |
$91,043,086 |
$96,319,383 |
-5.5% |
New residential |
$186,919,137 |
$87,692,489 |
113.2% |
Total building permits* |
$421,498,067 |
$307,947,436 |
36.9% |
*Total includes additions, alterations and conversions.
| Greater Houston Partnership
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
| Mixed-Use
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