Permit Reports

residential-building-permit Find out who is building and where with the KCHBA’s monthly residential permit reports. The KCHBA gathers this highly relevant data thanks to a unique relationship with the permit departments in the eight counties and seventy cities that comprise the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Every month the HBA provides this valuable information in a variety of reports that are available to members of the KCHBA by subscription. To learn more about permit subscriptions contact Jordynn Webster, Jordynn@kchba.org.

In addition, the KCHBA issues a news release with the Residential Building Permit Statistical Report to the public. View the most recent Statistical Report by clicking the button below.

July 2014 Building Permit Report

Posted on August 25, 2014

In cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area, housing production during 2014 continues to maintain the pace established last year, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) mont...

June 2014 Building Permit Report

Posted on July 22, 2014

The first six months of 2014 have closely tracked those of 2013 as the number of single family residential building permits varies from month to month, with June showing a decrease from May, according to the Home Builders Ass...

May 2014 Residential Permit Statistics

Posted on June 24, 2014

Residential building permits have not yet approached the monthly averages established during the past 35 years, but May 2014 did extend the levels achieved during the past 12 months. With 381 single family permits issued du...

April Maintains Momentum in New Home Construction

Posted on May 15, 2014

The eight county Kansas City metropolitan area recorded 441 single family building permits during April, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,304 according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) mon...

2014 First Quarter New Home Construction Maintains 2013 Activity Level

Posted on May 5, 2014

March 2014 residential permit statistics indicate a small increase over 2013 for the same quarter last year, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Stat...

February Residential Permits Show Effects of Winter

Posted on April 4, 2014

Residential building permit numbers decreased during February most likely due largely to the cold and snowy weather, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Per...

Single Family Housing Holding Steady During Winter Months

Posted on February 20, 2014

Single family housing permits remained steady during January 2014 according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report. With 283 single family units...

Single Family Housing Finishes 2013 with 24 Percent Gain Over 2012

Posted on February 3, 2014

Single family housing experienced continued growth in 2013 over 2012 and reached the highest number since 2007 according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit St...

Housing Continues to Improve in Metro Area

Posted on December 20, 2013

Housing production continues to outpace the prior five years in cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. November numbers were down slightly compared to October, but are still the highest for November since 20...

Housing Permits Ten Month Total Surpasses Past Years’ Twelve Month Totals

Posted on November 15, 2013

Housing production continues to climb in cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. In fact, the year to date single family total of 3,463 is higher than the entire yearly totals for 2008-2012. Trends show the f...

Fox4 Interview Ruder on KCHBA’s KCMO Proposal

“The end result that we’ve gotten with the code having been adopted in the way that it was and our efforts to comply with it is a historic reduction in new housing starts in Kansas City, Missouri,” KCHBA Executive Vice ...

KCHBA Announces Proposal to Reignite Housing Starts in KCMO

According to A Vision for Housing: Solutions for Kansas City, the city has a goal of creating 10,000 new, low-income housing units by 2027. Yet housing starts have dropped significantly in KCMO, while they are on the rise mos...

Building a Pipeline to Ease the Labor Shortage

For several years, the KCHBA has been working with area schools to provide students with the opportunities available to them in the residential construction industry. The KCHBA’s Workforce Development Committee hosts se...