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Homebuilding in the region

Q. How many homes are companies getting permits to build in the Baltimore region?

A. A lot less than they did in 2005 and 2006, but only down a bit from 2007.

Here, have a chart:

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Source: Maryland Department of Planning, U.S. Census Bureau.

 

Worthy of note: Seventy-five percent of the units approved from January through April 2005 were single-family homes. This year, it's 56 percent.

Also: Building permits were up in Baltimore County this year vs. 2005 -- unlike the rest of the region. Builders pulled permits for 594 homes, an increase of 15 percent from January-April 2005. The majority were not single-family.

Posted by Jamie Smith Hopkins on June 13, 2008 9:06 AM |
                    

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