Brevard County Building Permits

In Jan 2007 1038 residential Brevard County permits where issued.

In Dec 2006 935 residential Brevard County permits where issued.

In Nov 2006 1015 residential Brevard County permits where issued.

In Oct 2006 1178 residential Brevard County permits where issued.

In Sep  2006 1153 residential Brevard County permits where issued.

Construction of new homes and apartments plunged by 14.3 percent in January, the Commerce Department reported Friday.


The bigger-than-expected drop left construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.408 million units, the lowest level in nearly 10 years.


On Thursday, a real estate trade group reported that the slump in housing deepened in the final three months of last year. The National Association of Realtors said that sales of existing homes fell in 40 states and home prices dropped in 49 percent of the metropolitan areas surveyed, the widest price decline in the history of the Realtors' survey.

Many economists are worried that the housing bust, which followed a five-year boom, could be a prolonged one as sellers struggle to reduce record levels of unsold homes.