Sentences with phrase «level over the same period last year»

«Nationwide single - family permits are up this month, and year - to - date single - family starts are 9.1 percent ahead of their level over the same period last year — two indicators that this sector continues to improve.»

Meanwhile, year - to - date, new home sales are 9.2 % above their level over the same period last year.

Not exact matches

«The total volume of small - business financing increased by 18 % over the same period last year, and reached the highest level since Feb. 2008, its latest data show».

Eelco Rohling of the UK National Oceanography Centre at the University of Southampton and colleagues reconstructed sea level fluctuations over the last 520,000 years and compared this to global climate and carbon dioxide levels data for the same period.

Price levels for detached bungalows and standard two - storey homes are moderately higher in the second quarter of 2010 compared to last year, but average prices for standard condominiums have dropped slightly over the same period.