Tag: building permits

Fort Smith building activity off 75% in October, region down 6.9% year-to-date

Fort Smith building activity momentum came to a halt in October, setting regional activity back after three strong months in July, August, and September. While the tri-city region saw gains…

Northwest Arkansas construction pace slows in September, year-to-date numbers up 35%

A warmer than usual fall had home builders slinging hammers left and right with 214 new home starts in September in the region’s four largest cities. But commercial construction was…

Fort Smith building activity boosts metro activity up 15.88% through September 2016

Fort Smith building activity continues to build on its come-from-behind performance after starting the year soft due to the absence of a new construction equivalent to 2015’s $22 million permit…

Jonesboro building permit values up 43% through first seven months

Jonesboro building permit values totaled $122 million for the first seven months of 2016, up an impressive 43% compared to the same period in 2015. The increase was largely fueled…

Fort Smith metro building permit values up 3.3% thanks to residential, commercial roof repairs

The Fort Smith metro area, which includes Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren, has finally turned a corner on building permits, but it took seven months and a devastating hailstorm…

Northwest Arkansas building permit values up 16.8% in 2015

Homebuilders and commercial construction crews kept busy in 2015 with one of the most active building paces in the region’s history. The cities of Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale issued…

Fort Smith regional building permit values up more than 13% in 2015

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Year-to-date building activity down 10% in the Fort Smith area

After a strong start, combined building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren are down 10% through the first eight months of the year, with August permit values…

Fort Smith area building permit values down 1.9% year-to-date

An almost 50% decline in Fort Smith area building permit values during July pushed the region into a year-to-date decline. The region could post its first annual decline in permit…

Area building permit values down almost 27% in May, still up year-to-date

The combined value of building permits fell 26.8% during May in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren. However, permit values in the three cities are up more than 16% during…

Commercial work drives Fort Smith area building permit values up almost 30%

Building permit value totals in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren are up almost 30% during the first four months of 2015, boosted by several large commercial projects in Fort…

Fort Smith area building permit values up 50.5% in the first quarter

The combined value of building permits issued in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren during the first quarter of 2015 was up more than 50% thanks primarily to a $22…

January building activity up in Fort Smith and Greenwood

January building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren totaled $8.777 million, down 7.29% compared to January 2014. However, Fort Smith and Greenwood did see big value gains…

Public projects help boost 2014 building permit values in the Fort Smith area

Building permit value gains in Fort Smith and Van Buren helped push regional permit values up almost 6% in 2014 compared to 2013. Several taxpayer-funding projects – water park, police…

Fort Smith metro building permit values down in November, year-to-date

Building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $5.599 million in November, a drop of 5.81% from the same month last year when permits totaled $5.944…

Fort Smith metro building permits up in October, down year-to-date

Combined building permits for the cities of Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren were $17.886 million for the month of October, an increase of 22.39% over the same month last…

Fort Smith area building permits down 55% in September

Building permits for the three largest cities in the Fort Smith region dropped 55.86% from September 2013 to the same month this year. The cities of Fort Smith, Greenwood and…

Building permits up almost 10% year-to-date in Fort Smith area

Building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $18.149 million in August, up 2.71% from August 2013's total of $17.7 million. Even though combined values are…

Fort Smith area building permits up more than 10% through July

The values of building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $20.975 million in July, up nearly $6.46 million from July 2013 when the combined cities…

Fort Smith area building permits up more than 45% year-to-date

Building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $15.69 million in June, up 32.3% from the same month last year when permits only totaled $11.859 million…