Recently Issued Permits

Permits are earlier in the cycle than transactions. A building permit is issued before the renovation starts, often months before the asset changes hands , or years before, if the owner is upgrading to hold. For anyone trying to reach an owner at the moment they are making capital decisions , contractors, suppliers, lenders financing construction, insurance providers , the permit is a more actionable signal than a sale. The permit tells you who is spending money on a property right now.

The permit's official issue date. Applications still under review are not included. This matters because a permit application and a permit approval can be months apart , a pending application is not a committed project. Only formally issued permits, where the municipality has approved the work, make it into the dataset. That distinction gives you clean, action-ready signals rather than speculative pipeline noise.

Contractors and trades: identify owners actively investing in their properties , the permit detail narrative tells you what work is planned. Construction lenders: permitted projects signal near-term financing needs; reach the owner before the general contractor does. Brokers and investors: a permitted property is changing , use this to track what owners are upgrading and in which corridors, before price signals reach the market. Insurance and property services: new permit activity means new coverage and service needs. The permit detail column tells you what type of work to expect.

The base dataset includes all commercial permit types for your selected market, quarter, and asset class. The Permit Type and Permit Detail columns give you the data to segment within the delivered file , renovation, new construction, mechanical, electrical, structural, and more. If you only want new-build permits or only renovation activity, those fields let you sort and filter without any data loss on delivery. For demolition permits specifically, see the Demolition Permits package, which applies that filter upstream.

Yes, multi-quarter selection is fully supported. A property that appears across multiple quarters with ongoing permit activity is one of the strongest investment signals in the dataset , it indicates an owner actively upgrading or repositioning an asset over time. For investors and brokers tracking corridor activity, identifying properties with repeated permit filings can reveal pockets of concentrated investment before that activity becomes visible in transaction prices.

Every Property ID is queryable in the VIREC AI Tool. Drop any ID to pull the full property profile , ownership identity and mailing address, ownership history, all other permit activity on the asset, transaction history, and more. The permit dataset surfaces the signal; the AI Tool is where you build the full picture on any owner or asset that warrants a closer look.

VIREC sources permit data directly from public municipal filings across all covered markets , no third-party aggregators, no data resellers. Records are standardized into a single clean schema, making cross-market analysis possible and ensuring that Property IDs are consistent and linkable across all VIREC packages and the AI Tool.

Once your order is confirmed, the dataset is automatically loaded into your VIREC Platform account and accessible immediately in the Saved tab. No download required, no file to import. If you need the data in a specific format or through a different channel, contact us and we will accommodate your requirements.

Yes. A representative data sample is available for every package in the catalog. Use the Request a Sample option on this page and we will send it directly to your inbox. The sample reflects the exact schema, field structure, and data quality of the full dataset, so you know precisely what you are buying before you commit.

Yes. Recently Issued Permits pairs naturally with ownership intelligence. Cross the property IDs against Investor-Owned Properties to find non-occupying owners who are actively investing in their assets. Layer with Long-Tenure Owners to identify decade-plus holders who are now spending capital, a strong signal that a disposition or repositioning is in motion. All IDs are consistent across every package and the AI Tool.