ABQ builders pulled fewer permits for new homes in December

Homebuilders in the Albuquerque metropolitan area pulled 81 single-family housing permits in December, according to a monthly housing market newsletter.That was off from the 88 permits that were pulled in December 2011, said the Albuquerque New Housing Market Letter, a publication of DataTraq. However, the figure was a 6.6 percent increase from Novembers total of 76 permits.Residential housing permits in the metro area averaged 119 a month in 2012, up from 99 a month in 2011, and even with http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/industry_21/~3/ZE0XaJcFrRM/abq-builders-fewer-new-home-permits.html @ uwad.com