February was a productive month for the four-county area’s new homebuilders. Total permits issued in February, 751, was almost double the number issued in February 2015. Duval and St. Johns counties continue to have the most permit activity, and each one showed an increase from January. Duval issued 55 more permits in February than in January (214 in January, 269 in February) and St. Johns issued 27 more (279 in January and 306 in February). Clay and Nassau showed the greatest increases over their January totals. Clay’s total in January was 41 and 114 in February. Nassau had 38 permits issued in January and 62 in February.