Thursday, May 28, 2009

Its a bad time to be a builder in America

New home construction permits are at their lowest level in decades. In April, permit approvals, which are a leading indicator of constuction activity, were about 75 percent down from the peak during the bubble.

Sorry folks, there is no recovery here.

2 comments:

  1. There have been at least six recoveries since the slide began.

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  2. presumably there wont be a "recovery" on this measure as they have some many vacant properties. similar to Ireland?

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