With all the doom and gloom associated with the year 2020, new housing construction in Mesquite was quite a bright spot in November and December.
The City of Mesquite issued 46 building permits in November for new single family residences and 44 more in December. The valuation of the 90 permits in the combined two months totaled just shy of $20 million.
To compare, there were 27 permits issued for new homes in November 2019 and only 19 permits issued in December 2019. The combined permit value a year ago for those two months was $9.5 million.
Pulte Homes of Nevada who constructs all new homes in Sun City Mesquite pulled 18 permits for new homes in November with another 32 permits taken out in December.
Nevada Residential Construction (NRC) took out 13 permits in November for new homes and seven more in December.
The remaining permits in November went to LHSC with 10, and one permit each to Jackson Contracting, AMB Construction, White Rock Development, Hot Iron Construction, and a private builder.
In December, Jackson Contracting took out two permits as did Meadowland Enterprises. One permit went to a private builder.
The most expensive single new family home permit was valued at $430,092 with the least expensive permit valued at $142,896.
The hefty numbers propped up the overall reports for both months as the commercial buildings and modifications categories were empty except for one modification permit issued in December for $1,000.
Sixteen permits for residential modifications were issued in November valued at $216,817 and six permits issued in December valued at $72,930.
Permits for residential modifications a year ago were 10 in November and 11 in December valued at $40,992 and $146,136 respectively.
The city issued three new business permits in November, down from six in November 2019. Four new business permits were issued in December, up from three a year ago.
The number of permits issued for block walls increased from five in November 2019 to 20 this November. Nine permits in this category were issued in December, down from 12 a year ago.
The city issued 11 permits for swimming pools in November and seven more in December. The combined value of the two months was $316,541. Permits in this category equaled seven in November 2019 and five in December 2019. The combined value was $192,874.
No grading or demolition permits were issued in either month compared to one grading permit issued in November 2019.
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