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Historic Releases

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April 2001 through present (PDF format)

Files from April 2001 through present are in PDF format and approximately 60kb.

New Residential Construction (current series)

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January 1995 through March 2001 (TXT format)

Files from January 1995 through March 2001 are in text format and are approximately 12kb.

Housing Starts and Building Permits (C20 report)

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Housing Completions (C22 report)

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Special Notices

Aug. 2005 - Hurricane Katrina impact, August

Sep. 2005 - Hurricane Katrina impact, September

Jun. 2008 - NYC building permit code change

Dec. 2010 - NY, CA, and PA building permit code changes

Oct. 2012 - Hurricane Sandy impact

Historic Press Release Dates (excel format - 42kb)

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Announcements

The 2012 Annual Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits data are now available. The Building Permits Series has the usual annual revisions for 2012. The revised seasonal factors back to January 2011 will be released with the April 2013 press release on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 8:30 A.M. EDT.

For information on Hurricane Sandy's effect on the compilation of the October 2012 report, please see our Hurricane Sandy FAQs.

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