Housing permits in region up 12.8%
By The Tribune-Review
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Building permits for new housing in the Pittsburgh region jumped 12.8 percent in October compared to October 2006, the biggest monthly jump in almost two years, Tall Timber Group, a Ross-based construction market research and tracking firm, said Tuesday.

Permits for single-family houses rose 13.9 percent to 188 in October, and permits were issued for 111 multifamily units last month, a 10 percent increase over the same period in 2006.

For the first 10 months, 3,410 permits were issued in all, a 6.4 percent decline from 3,642 at the same time last year, said Jeff Burd, Tall Timber president.