within August of this year, 41 perc...

within August of this year, 41 percent fewer permits have been issued for construction in residential buildings with five or more units than were issuued across the first two-thirds of 1999 Multifamily permit tends have been highly variable across the nation in 2000 if it were not that some regions are continuing to add significantly to their common stock of apartments and condominium units.

Despite the decline in the U total end the first eight month of 2000 seven of nine geographic regions actually saw permits for multifamily starts rise above their horizontal of a year earlier. yet ...