nationally: New Construction Gaining Momentum - 08/28/13 06:20 AM
New construction is gaining momentum this year and in Chicago, the housing market continues make headlines.  Based on July 2013 home sales, building permits, housing starts, and home completions nationally were all areas of significant improvement in July.
According to the Census Bureau, building permits were up nationally 2.7% from June 0f 2013 and account for 943,000 for the year.  That is a 12% uptick from July, 2012.
Housing starts showed nearly 6% growth from June to July this year and was the largest increase of the 3 categories with 21% from 2012.
Housing completions came in just under 2% from … (3 comments)