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Local homebuilding climbs 46 percent
by Ginger Christ, Reporter  
November  30, 2011 

Home building improved in October, with 46 percent more permits filed than during the previous month, according to the Home Builders Association of Dayton    . 

There were 197 new local residential building permits filed in October, compared to 135 in September. 

October numbers were up 84 percent from October 2010 when 107 permits were filed. 

“As they go into winter, builders are feeling some welcomed warmth from the recent years of a frozen housing market,” said Walt Hibner, executive director of HBA of Dayton. 

Hibner attributed the October increase to an uptick in multifamily housing permits, namely from two projects — Patterson Square by Charles Simms Development in downtown Dayton and Heritage Pointe Apartments by Hills Communities in Deerfield Township. 

HBA of Dayton tracks building permits in Butler, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Warren counties. The organization is a local chapter of the National Association of Home Builders in Ohio. 

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