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Meaford Home Building Outpaces 2013

The pace of new-home construction in Meaford continued at a healthy rate in 2014.

Meaford's building department issued 20 permits for new homes last year. They had a total value of $6.9 million.

That's up from the 16 permits issued for new homes in 2013, which had a total value of $5.87 million.

Overall, Meaford's building rate was off slightly last year. The total value of permits issued was almost $12.2 million. That's down from a total of $13.8 million in 2013.

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