Applications for building permits rose in April to the highest level in nearly five years.
His authority ranges from protecting the environment and public health to handing out building permits.
And a government agency uses BPM to let citizens renew their passports or get building permits.
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Even if this falls by the wayside, building permits are likely to be harder to obtain.
Building permits fared no better, totaling 616, 000, much lower than the 700, 000 forecast by analysts.
Furthermore, the sale of building permits accounted for more than 90% of municipal revenues last year.
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And when the city starts selling building permits again, they will be fewer and dearer.
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Furthermore, rising housing starts and building permits in the U.S. should help the market, the bank continued.
Last Wednesday, we learned that housing starts and building permits for new home construction posted unexpected declines.
Applications for building permits, a gauge of future construction, declined 3.9 percent to an annual rate of 902, 000.
All improvements would be funded by a so-called District Improvement Bonus generated only as building permits are issued.
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Building permits, a sign of future construction, unexpectedly fell to a one-year low.
Applications for building permits, considered a good barometer of upcoming construction, declined 3.9 percent to an annual rate of 902, 000.
Prospects for future activity were dulled by a fall in building permits from an annual pace of 617, 000 to 597, 000.
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Building permits, a leading indicator of housing starts, also declined by about 9.9%, almost matching the 10% declines in April.
Tuesday will feature July housing starts and building permits, July industrial production and capacity utilization, and July import and export prices.
Applications for building permits, which are an indicator of future building activity, jumped 12% to an annual rate of 894, 000 in September.
In the US, investors await data on building permits and housing starts, which is to be released before the start of trading.
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The rise in building permits also helped boost the LEI, and the Philadelphia Fed Survey had the first positive reading since April.
The cantons also wield other powers that enable them compete for business, such as the authority to make residency and building permits easy to get.
Building Permits fell 8.2% to a record low pace of 517, 000.
Building permits applications are a significant indicator of future construction activity.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes housing starts and building permits data, the weekly jobless claims report and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey.
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The Housing Market Index from the National Association of Home Builders continues to make new post-recession highs, while building permits and housing starts are markedly increasing.
However, future activity may not keep up this rate of growth, since applications for building permits for the future fell 3.9%, to an annual rate of 902, 000.
Building permits, which indicate future trends, fell to 549, 000 in December, well below the 615, 000 reported in the previous month, and beneath the 600, 000 anticipated by Wall Street.
In 2011 building permits were issued for 4, 285 units in Washington, more than one and a half times the total in any year during the real estate boom.
Economists were encouraged that building permits kept increasing in January.
In April the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation had to revise its forecast due to better-than-expected gains in employment, retail sales and applications for residential building permits.
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