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Butler County experienced a year-to-date decrease of 8.9 percent, with 359 total permits, compared to 394 at this point last year. Warren County continues to have the most overall number of permits with a total of 807 single-family permits from January through July, a 33.2 percent increase.
Hamilton Twp. in Warren County, which hosted HBA’s Homearama this year and is scheduled to do so again in 2018, leads the region with a total of 199 single-family permits through July. Butler County’s Liberty Twp. was close behind, reporting 159 permits during this period.
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Hamilton County also dropped 6.8 percent year to date. A total of 290 single-family permits have been issued in the county through July, compared to 311 in 2016.
Clermont County led all four counties for the first time in recent memory, registering a 38.3 percent increase with a total of 267 single-family permits through July, compared to only 193 in 2016.
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The top 10 markets for single-family home permits through July were:
- Hamilton Twp. (Warren County) 199
- Liberty Twp. (Butler County): 159
- Mason (Warren): 106
- Deerfield Twp. (Warren): 97
- Clearcreek Twp. (Warren): 96
- Turtlecreek Twp. (Warren): 84
- Batavia Twp. (Clermont County): 77
- West Chester Twp. (Butler): 56
- Cincinnati (Hamilton County): 52
- Hamilton (Butler): 48
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