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NYC new building permits surge significantly

New York City real estate may be in a bit of a slump—overall home prices are down and there’s a surplus of luxury condos—but the number of building permits issued is on the rise. The Wall Street Journal reports that in 2019, new building permits increased to the second-highest levels since the end of the 2008 building boom.

According to preliminary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, permits to create 26,547 housing units were issued in 2019, around 27 percent more than the year before. The last time permits surged to those levels was in 2015, when developers feared a tax abatement program would end, WSJ says.

This surge was most noticeable in the Bronx, according to WSJ, as permits increased by 50 percent to around 5,500—which is the most the borough has seen since at least the mid-1980s. For instance, the Department of Buildings recently approved plans for a 25-story tower in Mott Haven, part of a Brookfield Properties development known as Bankside, which will bring a total of 1,350 apartments to the area.

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