Tagged: PittsburghTODAY

Economy & Business
1:27 pm
Wed February 20, 2013

New Building Permits Increase

A Census Bureau report has revealed that new, private, residential building permits in the Pittsburgh region totaled 3,717 in 2012—800 more than in 2011, or an increase of 20%.  

Doug Heuck, Director of PittsburghTODAY in Pitt’s University Center for Social and Urban Research, says the numbers are a good sign that housing activity, one of the most important sectors of the regional economy, is picking up.

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