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Permits to build new houses, meanwhile, fell again in March to a 13.7 million annual rate — a very weak number.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Permits have now been given for 100 blocs across Greenland, where companies are searching for viable deposits.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025

Permits show that 67 of these exceptional trees were removed specifically for development.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

Permits for multifamily continued to decline — dropping 33%.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2024

A noble knight 'mid lordly halls Dreams all his life away; A lowly maid in cottage walls, Hard-by the rippling waterfalls, Permits her heart to stray.

From Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en by Dawson, George Francis