10/17/2012 - 8:30am
Building permits in September 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 894,000, up 11.6 percent from the revised August rate and up 45.1 percent from September 2011. Housing starts in September 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 872,000, up 15.0 percent from the revised August estimate and up 34.8 percent from September 2011.