Chelan County Building Permit Activity for 2009

The latest Building Industry Association of Washington newsletter has statistics of building permit activity in 2009. Brett Lamar, of Lake Chelan Building Supply, pointed out some of the information you might find most interesting:

I got my latest copy of the BIAW news letter today. In the very back they have the updated residential building permits for the year compared to last year....it's required reading for me as a lumber dealer. It's a lagging indicator, but interesting none the least. YTD through July the state has 54% less permits issued then 2008, which was quite a bit lower then 2007. Chelan and Douglas county held up better then the state did, we're only off 43% from 2008. Here's the kicker....by far the most permits are issued in King county.....they are 7X what any other county issues, they are off 75%! 7002 permits in 2008 vs. 1816 in 2009. WOW! Those are BIG numbers.

Thanks Brett!