Residential Building Permits

While not cited as often as crime rates and tax rates, building permit data is another vital measure of a community. The permits represent the number of new housing units local officials have authorized for construction. While the actual construction often lags behind the issuing date, almost all housing permitted is built eventually. This data is updated regularly by the New Jersey Department of Labor.
 
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State Building Permits by Year:
1995 21,521
1996 24,173
1997 28,018
1998 31,345
1999 31,976
2000 34,585
2001 28,455
2002 30,441
2003 32,984
2004 35,936
2005 38,481
2006 32,566
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