Washington, DC – The number of US building permits issued in 2019 was almost unchanged from the previous year, at 16.03 m. In 2018, 15.96 m were issued.
A total of 1.61m permits were issued in December 2019. This is 269,000 more than in December 2018, and is a 20.09% rise compared with December 2018
The figures from the United States Census Bureau relate to the seasonally adjusted total number of New Residential Construction Permits issued in the most recently reported month.
