Single-family new house construction building permits: 1  2003: 20 buildings, average cost: $97,500. 2  2004: 42 buildings, average cost: $77,300. 3  2005: 35 buildings, average cost: $88,800. 4  2006: 8 buildings, average cost: $83,600. 5  2007: 15 buildings, average cost: $93,100. 6  2008: 20 buildings, average cost: $89,000.
Fortune has learned some early Uber shareholders did sell stock back to the company earlier this year, including at least one at around the aforementioned $135 per share price (which works out to a valuation just south of $4 billion).
It's probably better to be patient when Uber finally goes public. Uber, which operates a mobile app that allows users to hail rides, is preparing for another mega round of financing. The buzz is that the range could be between $1.5 billion to $2 billion, with a valuation of $50 billion or more.