Tag: building permits
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Greenville County New-Home Permits Climb Past 2024 and 2025 Levels Through Midyear
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville County issued 1,368 permits for new homes in the first six months of 2026, outpacing the same stretch in both 2024 and 2025 and signaling that Upstate homebuilders are ramping up production even as the region’s rental and ownership markets pull in different directions. County code compliance records show new-home permits…
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Zoning Moratoriums Cut Pickens County Housing Production by a Third as Growth Shifts to Outlying Upstate Counties
EASLEY, S.C. — New-home construction in Pickens County fell by roughly a third in 2025 and has kept sliding into 2026, as a nearly year-long moratorium on new subdivisions and larger minimum lot sizes in both Easley and the county have squeezed housing supply just as the Upstate’s population keeps growing, according to building permit…
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Greenville County Still Leads Upstate Homebuilding, But Rising Costs Push Growth Toward Outlying Counties
New building permit data shows Greenville County’s share of Upstate homebuilding has fallen from nearly 60% to about 40% over two decades, as rising costs push growth toward Spartanburg, Anderson and Laurens counties.
Upstate Commercial Real Estate News 