Year Number of Permits 1996-01-01 5670.00 1997-01-01 8288.00 1998-01-01 8756.75 1999-01-01 8225.00 2000-01-01 8094.25 2001-01-01 7245.75 2002-01-01 8397.00 2003-01-01 9124.00 2004-01-01 9759.25 2005-01-01 10095.25 2006-01-01 10936.75 2007-01-01 10949.00 2008-01-01 10882.75 2009-01-01 9329.75 2010-01-01 7033.75 2011-01-01 6883.75 2012-01-01 5963.25 2013-01-01 5527.00 2014-01-01 6087.75 2015-01-01 6594.50 2016-01-01 6806.00 2017-01-01 7880.25