Permit Pulse monitors every new building permit issued in the District of Columbia and delivers a digest to Pro subscribers every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. New construction, alterations and repairs, demolition, and every supplemental electrical, plumbing, gas, and mechanical permit across all eight wards.
In real estate and construction, timing is everything. Permit Pulse puts Washington permit data in your hands before your competition even knows to look.
The District issues 3,500–4,400 permits a month. Get every new one, with its type, subtype, and a full address with ZIP, three times a week before your competition anywhere in the city.
Track construction and renovation across every DC ZIP and ward. Permit flow is the earliest public signal of which blocks are turning — months before it reaches listings.
Know which DC neighborhoods are seeing new construction the week the permit is issued. Filter by ZIP and permit type to prospect smarter across the District.
Pick the zip codes and permit types you care about in Washington. Takes 60 seconds.
Our system checks Washington for new permit filings automatically every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Pro subscribers receive an email digest every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with every new Washington permit matching their zip codes — address, type, and value included.
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Our Washington DC data comes directly from DCGIS's official open-data building-permit feed, updated Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Each record carries the permit type and subtype, issue date, the property's square-suffix-lot, and a full address with ZIP on every row. A description of the work is present on roughly four in ten permits, and the District does not publish project valuations or contractor names in this feed — so we do not report them for Washington.
Pro subscribers receive a digest every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday after our system runs. You'll have the data the same day it's pulled.
Yes. No contracts, no cancellation fees. Cancel from your dashboard under “Manage billing” — you keep access through the end of the period you’ve paid for. Changed your mind on a yearly plan? Contact us within 14 days of purchase for a full refund.
Washington is our only District of Columbia market. Nearby we also cover Fairfax County, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach in Virginia and Montgomery County in Maryland. We track markets in more than twenty states nationwide.
August 2026 permit report — Washington
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