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.

January Permit Report Predicts Active Spring Building (Jan. 2017)

Posted on March 13, 2017

New-home construction began 2017 on the upswing in metro Kansas City with residential production up 67 percent compared to January 2016, according to statistics compiled by the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City...

2016 Marks Five Consecutive Years of Permit Growth (Dec. 2016)

Posted on January 24, 2017

The Kansas City metropolitan area ended 2016 with a 17 percent increase in single-family permits as compared to 2015, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Pe...

Kansas City Area Single Family Permits Top 5000 (Nov. 2016)

Posted on December 22, 2016

Kansas City area homebuilders continued their increased activity, with 412 single family units permitted during November, bringing the year-to-date total to 5,144, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas ...

Residential Permits Surpass 2015’s Total (Oct. 2016)

Posted on November 18, 2016

With 462 single family residential permits issued during October, the total for 2016 stands at 4,732—which is 32 units more than were issued during the entirety of 2015, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater...

Permit Activity Remains Strong in 2016 (Sept. 2016)

Posted on October 19, 2016

The third quarter of 2016 ended with 418 permits issued during September, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report. Year-to-date total...

Home Building Maintains Activity Level (Aug. 2016)

Posted on September 21, 2016

The number of residential permits issued during August indicates that local builders will be working hard to replenish new home inventory, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Re...

Year-To-Date Home Building Maintains 30% Increase over 2015 (Jul. 2016)

Posted on September 16, 2016

New residential permit activity in the Kansas City region slowed slightly during July but area builders are still on track for a 30% increase over 2015. Local cities and counties issued 494 permits for new single family units...

Year-To-Date Home Building Activity Rises Almost 30 Percent (Jun. 2016)

Posted on July 21, 2016

Home builders in the Kansas City region continued their brisk pace of single-family home construction in the first half of 2016, with 2,793 permits issued from January to June, up 29 percent over the first six months of 2015....

Year-To-Date Regional Home Building Activity Rises Nearly 30 Percent (May 2016)

Posted on June 22, 2016

June is National Homeownership Month and Kansas City homebuilders are celebrating by continuing their brisk pace of single-family construction in May, with 502 single-family permits issued. Year-to-date permit activity in the...

Home Building Continues Growth Trend (Apr. 2016)

Posted on May 17, 2016

The eight county Kansas City metropolitan area recorded 519 single family building permits during April, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,720 according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) m...

More than 300 Homes on 2024 Spring Parade of Homes

The Spring Parade of Homes, open April 27 through May 12, offers the opportunity to see one of the largest and most impressive displays of new homes in the country. Sponsored by Mike Bryant Heating & Cooling, the spring p...

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...