State of Utah year-to-date figures through August 2011 compared the same period in 2010 show:
- The number of new residential dwelling unit permits is down 2.9 percent.
- The value of the new residential permits is up 1.9 percent.
- New nonresidential permitting values are up a whopping 39.9 percent.
- The total value of construction permits jumped 17 percent.