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El Paso County, Colo., Home Construction Remains Strong in 2003.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December, 2003

By Rich Laden, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 2--There's one month left in 2003, but it's already been a surprisingly good year for the Pikes Peak region's new-home industry.

Single-family building permits in El Paso County totaled 279 in November, a 13.9 percent jump over the same month last year, according to figures released Monday by the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department.

Meanwhile, for the first 11 months of this year, single-family permits totaled 4,064. That figure is down 3 percent from the same period last year.

This year still marks the sixth-straight year single-family permits have exceeded 4,000 -- a figure that's come to symbolize a strong year for the building...

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