Table 3v. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Valuation by Metropolitan Area (in thousands of dollars) February 1997 Year-to-Date 3 and 4 5 Units Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or More Abilene TX MSA* 4823 4281 100 0 442 Albany GA MSA* 9536 7348 119 273 1796 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 19060 12883 320 150 5707 Albuquerque NM MSA* 65054 63653 86 755 560 Alexandria LA MSA* 2996 2996 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 16191 15313 150 0 728 Altoona PA MSA* 449 449 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 8234 8234 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 16703 15760 943 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 2576 2256 80 0 240 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 16829 13112 1527 150 2040 Asheville NC MSA* 16160 15347 453 0 360 Athens GA MSA* 18075 12339 1017 0 4719 Atlanta GA MSA 590164 561874 305 898 27087 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 27036 26764 97 175 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 127307 98263 1387 0 27657 Bakersfield CA MSA* 33089 32837 98 154 0 Bangor ME MSA* 811 811 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 17979 17979 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 15404 15319 85 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 5437 5437 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 18909 16374 595 1358 582 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 1564 1166 0 398 0 Billings MT MSA* 9363 4656 0 0 4707 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 16907 16675 50 182 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 90 90 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 72390 70499 0 35 1856 Bismarck ND MSA* 859 663 196 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 8923 7109 292 195 1327 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 4301 4301 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 62367 61154 0 339 874 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 271441 226150 3446 2087 39758 Boston MA-NH PMSA 147581 116100 2189 1649 27643 Brockton MA PMSA 12364 12364 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 5140 4220 261 0 659 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 30775 23587 0 288 6900 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 13780 13780 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 9043 8239 434 150 220 Nashua NH PMSA 11665 9626 0 0 2039 New Bedford MA PMSA 5713 5331 382 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 12395 11767 0 0 628 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 22985 21136 180 0 1669 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 16221 14811 167 131 1112 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 7553 7099 454 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 16963 15010 960 0 993 Burlington VT MSA* 4445 3884 0 178 383 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 14149 11172 332 0 2645 Casper WY MSA* 527 527 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 7145 3899 880 555 1811 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 9483 4291 182 0 5010 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 60342 59920 254 168 0 Charleston WV MSA* 7156 6544 196 138 278 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 231916 215255 451 2399 13811 Charlottesville VA MSA* 21970 20920 325 320 405 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 32880 32653 227 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 4500 3959 94 251 196 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 418631 337265 8871 11356 61139 Chicago IL PMSA 379851 305741 7346 10782 55982 Gary IN PMSA 30546 24780 1236 573 3957 Kankakee IL PMSA 2808 2638 170 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 5426 4106 120 0 1200 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 10879 10449 430 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 157301 120438 2102 7715 27046 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 129212 98645 1932 5938 22697 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 28090 21793 171 1777 4349 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 15637 13843 50 330 1414 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 126599 116478 2325 824 6972 Akron OH PMSA 41325 36417 455 0 4453 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 85275 80061 1870 824 2520 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 60893 60563 330 0 0 Columbia MO MSA* 14650 8748 5046 460 396 Columbia SC MSA* 49023 45073 0 0 3950 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 18535 16346 79 0 2110 Columbus OH MSA 106199 95266 1496 2174 7263 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 12947 12376 0 415 156 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 2050 2050 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 635934 482625 1384 496 151429 Dallas TX PMSA 454627 370325 672 496 83134 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 181307 112300 712 0 68295 Danville VA MSA* 3972 3766 0 0 206 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 4502 4502 0 0 0 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 22756 18518 224 326 3688 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 41489 38174 631 312 2372 Decatur Al MSA* 3545 3164 0 0 381 Decatur IL MSA* 4442 1737 180 0 2525 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 387558 324650 2293 3233 57382 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 36410 34479 270 0 1661 Denver CO PMSA 326186 265803 1873 3003 55507 Greeley CO PMSA 24963 24368 150 230 215 Des Moines IA MSA* 19529 19252 277 0 0 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 320781 289565 4794 7941 18481 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 59642 56019 375 2084 1164 Detroit MI PMSA 242396 216478 3762 5517 16639 Flint MI PMSA 18742 17068 657 339 678 Dothan AL MSA* 4663 4663 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 9007 8758 249 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 2399 2319 80 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 1580 1407 0 173 0 Eau Claire WI MSA* 2339 1631 0 708 0 El Paso TX MSA* 21875 20361 368 115 1031 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 12316 12168 148 0 0 Elmira NY MSA* 658 658 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 1222 1222 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 5586 4565 80 116 825 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 36505 25703 4171 437 6194 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 19395 17841 320 0 1234 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 1854 999 0 0 855 Fayetteville NC MSA* 19553 15856 0 368 3329 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 29050 22114 1940 154 4842 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 9380 7384 126 322 1548 Florence AL MSA* 2923 2065 0 0 858 Florence SC MSA* 7689 7225 55 0 409 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 38292 34903 146 1225 2018 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 81178 55533 4429 8014 13202 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 63699 52833 7750 1829 1287 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 8999 8621 228 0 150 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 28993 20389 0 0 8604 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 36178 33223 1160 600 1195 Fresno CA MSA 49392 49186 206 0 0 Gadsden AL MSA* 1052 1052 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 18931 13400 0 0 5531 Glens Falls NY MSA* 2135 2135 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 6462 5960 134 318 50 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 520 0 0 0 520 Grand Junction CO MSA* 12291 10873 1418 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 76649 68229 2093 1358 4969 Great Falls MT MSA* 1726 1726 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 7147 5813 1155 0 179 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 102057 92725 602 240 8490 Greenville NC MSA* 13197 10922 101 0 2174 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 76337 73838 741 458 1300 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 23314 20877 0 216 2221 Hartford CT MSA* 28708 27813 133 0 762 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 1056 415 0 0 641 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 24347 22737 1360 0 250 Honolulu HI MSA 13262 11472 190 0 1600 Houma LA MSA* 10938 10758 180 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 323653 304426 302 0 18925 Brazoria TX PMSA 22770 22507 0 0 263 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 16492 16492 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 284391 265427 302 0 18662 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 500 500 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 8585 8585 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 184248 156721 1583 427 25517 Iowa City IA MSA* 4226 3770 150 306 0 Jackson MI MSA* 563 563 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 26260 25361 0 245 654 Jackson TN MSA* 6531 6473 58 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 139578 131173 435 240 7730 Jacksonville NC MSA* 4659 4513 0 146 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 42 42 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 4623 3960 663 0 0 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 17008 15719 90 507 692 Johnstown PA MSA* 393 393 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 4440 4440 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 2865 2393 345 127 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 26719 18512 1076 1219 5912 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 147459 134597 4058 2293 6511 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 18837 16797 352 838 850 Knoxville TN MSA* 40971 38530 583 0 1858 Kokomo IN MSA* 5566 4118 1448 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 3423 2983 440 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 23754 15322 0 0 8432 Lafayette IN MSA* 11141 8248 338 0 2555 Lake Charles LA MSA* 9640 9065 375 0 200 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 22536 21382 504 0 650 Lancaster PA MSA* 17792 16963 94 0 735 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 16395 15253 157 0 985 Laredo TX MSA* 10611 7623 46 351 2591 Las Cruces NM MSA* 13365 12601 240 0 524 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 363129 277920 1616 15008 68585 Lawrence KS MSA* 6414 4661 889 304 560 Lawton OK MSA* 2297 2297 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 999 999 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 41451 36239 2507 0 2705 Lima OH MSA* 475 475 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 19377 14016 194 99 5068 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 38718 29956 452 0 8310 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 2858 2858 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 679449 635918 5367 8760 29404 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 163431 149184 2684 549 11014 Orange County CA PMSA 195839 188216 1354 2295 3974 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 256737 239894 191 2236 14416 Ventura CA PMSA 63442 58624 1138 3680 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 75136 74111 189 150 686 Lubbock TX MSA* 8460 8115 110 0 235 Lynchburg VA MSA* 17874 17667 207 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 24888 24813 75 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 34907 20975 2082 3450 8400 Mansfield OH MSA* 3041 2340 701 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 26106 23511 557 419 1619 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 17828 17227 151 450 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 45623 44612 103 0 908 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 104176 98269 106 1580 4221 Merced CA MSA* 12091 12091 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 360024 258041 939 2482 98562 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 232605 157849 160 762 73834 Miami FL PMSA 127419 100191 779 1721 24728 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 84630 59964 4150 1553 18963 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 72971 49545 3304 1492 18630 Racine WI PMSA 11659 10419 846 61 333 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 178364 170187 1811 2886 3480 Mobile AL MSA* 46349 40135 719 950 4545 Modesto CA MSA* 17232 17232 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 7482 7037 35 410 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 14615 12815 0 1500 300 Muncie IN MSA* 2462 2222 240 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 41754 34112 326 2364 4952 Naples FL MSA* 82372 47304 1401 9497 24170 Nashville TN MSA 170324 139229 944 667 29484 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 10317 10317 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 50233 50045 188 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 503387 396711 19542 6108 81026 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 30887 24157 914 100 5716 Bridgeport CT PMSA 14728 14341 0 0 387 Danbury CT PMSA 14194 14194 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 8394 8081 0 0 313 Jersey City NJ PMSA 2021 1269 752 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 59192 57454 100 0 1638 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 66297 66297 0 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 78293 68755 857 1857 6824 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 14166 13425 70 0 671 New York NY PMSA 126222 47904 14559 2490 61269 Newark NJ PMSA 40774 36479 1644 1361 1290 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 13827 10490 119 300 2918 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 18274 17857 417 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 10058 10058 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 6061 5949 112 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 118984 113967 190 767 4060 Ocala FL MSA* 32926 22583 200 109 10034 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 4991 4991 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 62732 61466 1266 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 27285 25055 1452 0 778 Orlando FL MSA 243453 206320 50 693 36390 Owensboro KY MSA* 3708 3269 140 0 299 Panama City FL MSA* 11113 10082 198 833 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 1799 1170 41 141 447 Pensacola FL MSA* 44934 43523 447 0 964 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 8810 6927 0 1330 553 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 253818 196765 6880 563 49610 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 18454 13600 4854 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 208373 156614 2026 563 49170 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 2251 2251 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 24740 24300 0 0 440 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 666896 545406 2836 4575 114079 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 164 164 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 68768 64615 1827 308 2018 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 432 432 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 12227 10541 1385 0 301 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 331607 272593 9256 7941 41817 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 289276 235598 7556 6864 39258 Salem OR PMSA 42330 36994 1700 1077 2559 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 31416 30258 797 200 161 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 29380 24605 2403 486 1886 Pueblo CO MSA* 17357 15279 1440 638 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 16087 15485 0 0 602 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 213308 205823 1273 628 5584 Rapid City SD MSA* 3048 2089 0 0 959 Reading PA MSA* 20998 20998 0 0 0 Redding CA MSA* 8861 7352 291 1218 0 Reno NV MSA* 30637 29455 107 0 1075 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 10420 10016 0 141 263 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 74377 69216 0 0 5161 Roanoke VA MSA* 10929 8458 176 0 2295 Rochester MN MSA* 6133 5361 772 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 25604 21296 0 0 4308 Rockford IL MSA* 15241 14451 385 120 285 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 5556 5556 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 140802 131659 141 0 9002 Sacramento CA PMSA 130555 121553 0 0 9002 Yolo CA PMSA 10247 10106 141 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 5848 5298 550 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 3558 3352 0 0 206 St. Joseph MO MSA* 2044 1335 393 130 186 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 149380 128584 1902 3129 15765 Salinas CA MSA* 22396 22212 184 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 124755 117966 1630 358 4801 San Angelo TX MSA* 2785 2565 220 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 114967 108191 212 176 6388 San Diego CA MSA 179101 153306 2786 5222 17787 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 420876 329678 1128 6263 83807 Oakland CA PMSA 168650 153837 0 2292 12521 San Francisco CA PMSA 54363 22103 669 1979 29612 San Jose CA PMSA 116501 76250 459 1616 38176 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 10052 10052 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 39338 35464 0 376 3498 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 31971 31971 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 20115 19886 104 0 125 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 14939 14519 181 239 0 Santa Fe NM MSA* 6788 2642 0 0 4146 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 77927 72132 1107 650 4038 Savannah GA MSA* 23219 23038 181 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 5079 4028 35 0 1016 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 356270 285281 11753 10049 49187 Bremerton WA PMSA 21793 20377 546 169 701 Olympia WA PMSA 21168 20434 0 0 734 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 246975 183393 8783 8652 46147 Tacoma WA PMSA 66334 61077 2424 1229 1604 Sharon PA MSA* 1407 1079 0 328 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 2632 362 170 0 2100 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 676 486 190 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 16976 16826 0 150 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 1597 1597 0 0 0 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 5530 5212 318 0 0 South Bend IN MSA* 17171 17050 121 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 17601 17116 485 0 0 Springfield IL MSA* 5969 5539 430 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 15973 14855 307 217 594 Springfield MA MSA* 6336 5496 80 160 600 State College PA MSA* 6100 2604 0 309 3187 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 174 0 174 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 28501 26915 96 1490 0 Sumter SC MSA* 3196 3108 88 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 3336 3336 0 0 0 Tallahassee FL MSA* 26959 25612 292 0 1055 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 169456 150920 1073 1390 16073 Terre Haute IN MSA* 2627 2627 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 1355 1355 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 25109 21458 626 175 2850 Topeka KS MSA* 7376 7061 315 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 80550 79358 89 684 419 Tulsa OK MSA* 47072 47072 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 12355 11379 97 0 879 Tyler TX MSA* 8412 8062 0 0 350 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 231 231 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 6033 1719 0 0 4314 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 17172 16262 195 715 0 Waco TX MSA* 6687 5522 1165 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 501850 455010 697 1050 45093 Baltimore MD PMSA 125639 112980 0 0 12659 Hagerstown MD PMSA 5885 5713 172 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 370327 336318 525 1050 32434 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 820 820 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 3316 2318 435 0 563 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 146059 123204 262 5492 17101 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 1297 801 0 0 496 Wichita KS MSA* 33072 32113 959 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 2438 2438 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 51653 45916 358 237 5142 Yakima WA MSA* 7140 5770 534 176 660 York PA MSA* 13050 12646 224 180 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 11187 10041 956 0 190 Yuba City CA MSA* 6234 5123 0 0 1111 Yuma AZ MSA* 11243 11243 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.