Up and Away with Building Permits

Single-family authorizations in May were at a rate of 408,000; this is 7.9 percent above the revised April figure of 378,000. – Courtesy of City of Livingston, Calif.

This is 4.0 percent above the revised April rate of 498,000, but is 47.0 percent below the May 2008 estimate of 978,000. Authorizations of units in buildings with five units or more were at a rate of 92,000 in May. – Courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau