Table 3v. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Valuation by Metropolitan Area (in thousands of dollars) November 1997 3 and 4 5 Units Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or More Abilene TX MSA* 2194 1986 0 0 208 Albany GA MSA* 4700 3097 0 0 1603 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 18745 14398 77 150 4120 Albuquerque NM MSA* 27639 27355 0 0 284 Alexandria LA MSA* 1575 1575 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 10822 10112 390 0 320 Altoona PA MSA* 203 203 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 3771 3771 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 7751 7751 0 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 1168 850 0 0 318 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 12850 10220 759 335 1536 Asheville NC MSA* 10756 10383 160 213 0 Athens GA MSA* 6290 6290 0 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 302378 257971 0 374 44033 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 7934 7625 0 0 309 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 59239 42314 297 0 16628 Bakersfield CA MSA* 16538 16538 0 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 1431 1431 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 13293 13293 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 13397 6189 1104 1104 5000 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 3310 3310 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 11898 7594 1581 0 2723 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 122 122 0 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 2465 2308 157 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 8806 8592 0 214 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 979 979 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 31670 27809 0 35 3826 Bismarck ND MSA* 2642 2642 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 2598 2258 340 0 0 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 6203 5223 0 560 420 Boise City ID MSA* 40762 38775 0 1783 204 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 157797 147939 1813 2002 6043 Boston MA-NH PMSA 71867 68014 1400 960 1493 Brockton MA PMSA 6454 6454 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 3226 2865 0 0 361 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 15602 15034 0 568 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 9416 8861 81 474 0 Manchester NH PMSA 9689 9181 233 0 275 Nashua NH PMSA 8024 7238 0 0 786 New Bedford MA PMSA 3231 3231 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 16118 13147 0 0 2971 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 14170 13914 99 0 157 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 6076 5756 23 0 297 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 4968 4093 57 53 765 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 8816 7035 100 213 1468 Burlington VT MSA* 3547 3146 238 0 163 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 10889 8889 950 1050 0 Casper WY MSA* 215 215 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 4221 2558 159 0 1504 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 17354 2834 638 450 13432 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 23806 22911 0 125 770 Charleston WV MSA* 2607 2607 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 132451 104644 1056 1414 25337 Charlottesville VA MSA* 10544 9862 682 0 0 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 15131 15131 0 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 1298 1298 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 329679 269800 4593 11389 43897 Chicago IL PMSA 290447 237236 2852 10404 39955 Gary IN PMSA 31668 25430 1591 985 3662 Kankakee IL PMSA 3848 3418 150 0 280 Kenosha WI PMSA 3716 3716 0 0 0 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 4659 4659 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 69802 57281 1181 2148 9192 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 57475 47093 753 607 9022 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 12328 10188 429 1541 170 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 4120 4120 0 0 0 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 99551 85030 1913 3084 9524 Akron OH PMSA 31422 22486 880 2054 6002 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 68129 62544 1033 1030 3522 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 30463 27101 112 0 3250 Columbia MO MSA* 9660 7289 1687 0 684 Columbia SC MSA* 21048 20201 0 0 847 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 7330 7182 0 148 0 Columbus OH MSA 70994 63055 981 1235 5723 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 7883 6144 0 0 1739 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 603 603 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 339456 254984 145 280 84047 Dallas TX PMSA 265340 196545 55 280 68460 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 74116 58439 90 0 15587 Danville VA MSA* 2204 1998 0 0 206 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 6503 4879 380 336 908 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 15432 14391 230 811 0 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 20862 20382 0 157 323 Decatur Al MSA* 2124 1474 0 400 250 Decatur IL MSA* 1385 1007 0 378 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 148021 134967 590 1047 11417 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 23912 21132 0 0 2780 Denver CO PMSA 109914 100030 590 951 8343 Greeley CO PMSA 14196 13805 0 96 295 Des Moines IA MSA* 22676 20264 242 365 1805 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 165071 150384 2096 1140 11451 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 28004 26511 0 0 1493 Detroit MI PMSA 126847 114407 1923 940 9577 Flint MI PMSA 10221 9466 174 200 381 Dothan AL MSA* 956 956 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 3202 3202 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 1213 1213 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 3507 2881 0 0 626 Eau Claire WI MSA* 8508 5071 0 0 3437 El Paso TX MSA* 10366 8189 146 0 2031 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 7946 6742 499 0 705 Elmira NY MSA* 617 512 0 105 0 Enid OK MSA* 820 820 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 2096 1788 0 0 308 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 16425 8773 551 180 6921 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 6872 6558 0 0 314 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 1751 1059 692 0 0 Fayetteville NC MSA* 6195 4749 381 0 1065 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 8841 8327 514 0 0 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 5291 5291 0 0 0 Florence AL MSA* 688 688 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 3890 3410 41 0 439 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 20587 19268 0 1319 0 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 37176 27981 1647 3779 3769 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 25650 24874 776 0 0 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 3010 2670 340 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 16408 7898 0 250 8260 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 23708 22144 528 449 587 Fresno CA MSA 24897 20347 237 209 4104 Gadsden AL MSA* 525 525 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 6432 6310 0 0 122 Glens Falls NY MSA* 3123 3123 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 2626 2530 0 96 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 819 591 0 0 228 Grand Junction CO MSA* 6239 5684 322 0 233 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 52644 47070 802 1539 3233 Great Falls MT MSA* 794 794 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 7235 4570 292 1038 1335 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 54068 53514 73 109 372 Greenville NC MSA* 7637 5188 0 0 2449 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 40877 35192 1505 0 4180 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 14197 10876 0 0 3321 Hartford CT MSA* 28629 22070 136 0 6423 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 1150 1150 0 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 10093 9618 170 0 305 Honolulu HI MSA 14862 10165 161 0 4536 Houma LA MSA* 5780 5780 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 180623 164009 530 214 15870 Brazoria TX PMSA 9569 9569 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 14623 14623 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 156431 139817 530 214 15870 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 671 511 0 0 160 Huntsville AL MSA* 4486 4486 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 104052 99819 837 161 3235 Iowa City IA MSA* 8483 5580 794 960 1149 Jackson MI MSA* 1271 1271 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 14353 14208 145 0 0 Jackson TN MSA* 4035 4035 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 53321 52537 384 400 0 Jacksonville NC MSA* 3607 2932 0 0 675 Jamestown NY MSA* 178 178 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 2148 1813 160 0 175 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 9001 8582 180 120 119 Johnstown PA MSA* 445 445 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 2554 2214 0 340 0 Joplin MO MSA* 799 799 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 11453 9083 342 537 1491 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 108601 87154 8335 1925 11187 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 6241 5659 214 368 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 20242 18285 48 344 1565 Kokomo IN MSA* 2051 2051 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 2384 1994 200 190 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 9989 9507 0 0 482 Lafayette IN MSA* 9017 6507 580 0 1930 Lake Charles LA MSA* 3286 3089 75 0 122 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 17961 14859 102 0 3000 Lancaster PA MSA* 8175 7915 0 260 0 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 12039 8138 0 0 3901 Laredo TX MSA* 3852 3562 0 0 290 Las Cruces NM MSA* 4653 4391 80 0 182 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 209577 145151 431 1339 62656 Lawrence KS MSA* 4592 4097 495 0 0 Lawton OK MSA* 1231 1231 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 852 852 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 16812 15806 491 0 515 Lima OH MSA* 452 452 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 10489 7480 210 0 2799 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 13239 12370 340 529 0 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 1374 1374 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 411724 365241 4383 4551 37549 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 86071 65727 3387 938 16019 Orange County CA PMSA 117756 97006 216 716 19818 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 169805 168329 191 0 1285 Ventura CA PMSA 38092 34179 589 2897 427 Louisville KY-IN MSA 33139 31742 193 98 1106 Lubbock TX MSA* 5178 4853 325 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 7370 7245 125 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 8428 8235 0 0 193 Madison WI MSA* 20934 15505 1288 3161 980 Mansfield OH MSA* 2743 2651 92 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 12941 11163 208 746 824 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 9726 7553 1090 686 397 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 31763 21707 0 0 10056 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 64539 58320 0 0 6219 Merced CA MSA* 6552 6552 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 116215 94091 429 5509 16186 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 52469 47844 225 1007 3393 Miami FL PMSA 63746 46247 204 4502 12793 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 62400 45100 5478 1255 10567 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 55162 39279 4700 895 10288 Racine WI PMSA 7238 5821 778 360 279 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 148079 124212 2069 4266 17532 Mobile AL MSA* 19636 17216 420 0 2000 Modesto CA MSA* 15302 15073 0 0 229 Monroe LA MSA* 4565 4463 48 54 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 5166 5166 0 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 1122 1122 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 20805 12415 0 956 7434 Naples FL MSA* 33589 21656 88 4714 7131 Nashville TN MSA 79034 65847 677 0 12510 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 5848 5628 70 0 150 New Orleans LA MSA* 21271 19671 0 163 1437 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 308363 256048 9028 6382 36905 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 13530 11361 1187 0 982 Bridgeport CT PMSA 6318 5676 263 379 0 Danbury CT PMSA 10868 10868 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 9541 8636 0 0 905 Jersey City NJ PMSA 984 519 322 143 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 43595 41178 174 842 1401 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 40713 39743 64 0 906 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 43649 40021 0 0 3628 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 8593 7960 0 393 240 New York NY PMSA 64799 29089 5409 2990 27311 Newark NJ PMSA 27154 24108 1530 1516 0 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 11350 10278 80 0 992 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 13923 13263 0 120 540 Trenton NJ PMSA 9569 9569 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 3779 3779 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 58222 56236 407 0 1579 Ocala FL MSA* 29531 13305 0 0 16226 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 1939 1939 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 27228 27024 204 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 22509 22212 297 0 0 Orlando FL MSA 101747 99024 0 0 2723 Owensboro KY MSA* 1619 1443 0 0 176 Panama City FL MSA* 4312 4094 218 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 1408 1053 0 0 355 Pensacola FL MSA* 16282 16282 0 0 0 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 8476 7337 303 300 536 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 143221 127238 2081 1410 12492 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 14733 11461 1826 146 1300 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 112053 99422 255 1264 11112 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 3463 3463 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 12973 12893 0 0 80 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 287885 237686 427 771 49001 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 381 296 0 0 85 Pittsburgh PA MSA 40948 36873 0 819 3256 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 437 437 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 10170 9980 190 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 120789 85092 4555 2658 28484 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 102652 71066 4043 2430 25113 Salem OR PMSA 18137 14026 512 228 3371 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 26423 19310 1706 756 4651 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 27794 18462 953 330 8049 Pueblo CO MSA* 7342 6864 328 150 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 8228 7822 0 0 406 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 138450 111636 641 267 25906 Rapid City SD MSA* 2889 2596 0 0 293 Reading PA MSA* 5153 4819 80 0 254 Redding CA MSA* 3213 3213 0 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 20372 20292 0 80 0 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 5726 5726 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 33266 33266 0 0 0 Roanoke VA MSA* 6354 5721 106 165 362 Rochester MN MSA* 5756 4187 211 742 616 Rochester NY MSA* 11815 10235 0 90 1490 Rockford IL MSA* 7080 5467 0 0 1613 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 2368 2279 89 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 89211 89050 161 0 0 Sacramento CA PMSA 79217 79056 161 0 0 Yolo CA PMSA 9994 9994 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 5065 4770 295 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 3149 2369 0 0 780 St. Joseph MO MSA* 994 818 39 137 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 85560 75807 1130 895 7728 Salinas CA MSA* 12930 12930 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 82540 63119 1708 135 17578 San Angelo TX MSA* 2506 2506 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 46736 42736 0 0 4000 San Diego CA MSA 120997 111316 466 8605 610 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 231137 185912 3122 3669 38434 Oakland CA PMSA 67790 62219 321 0 5250 San Francisco CA PMSA 52589 25743 921 1733 24192 San Jose CA PMSA 68108 55300 1880 1936 8992 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 4952 4952 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 15613 15613 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 22085 22085 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 10216 9986 0 0 230 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 13963 12710 593 660 0 Santa Fe NM MSA* 2978 2978 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 61418 35670 0 210 25538 Savannah GA MSA* 8531 8531 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 2528 2528 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 198300 140627 5495 3250 48928 Bremerton WA PMSA 9145 8652 102 0 391 Olympia WA PMSA 7949 7793 156 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 142576 91708 2881 2743 45244 Tacoma WA PMSA 38629 32474 2355 507 3293 Sharon PA MSA* 773 773 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 1093 1093 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 176 176 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 5157 5157 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 901 781 120 0 0 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 6680 6146 0 534 0 South Bend IN MSA* 8722 8112 0 0 610 Spokane WA MSA* 9690 9292 398 0 0 Springfield IL MSA* 3518 3198 320 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 8082 7282 229 131 440 Springfield MA MSA* 6883 6815 68 0 0 State College PA MSA* 1964 1964 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 368 368 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 27625 23918 0 0 3707 Sumter SC MSA* 1186 1186 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 2334 2334 0 0 0 Tallahassee FL MSA* 6913 6597 102 214 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 91700 82474 514 499 8213 Terre Haute IN MSA* 1807 1807 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 1635 946 0 0 689 Toledo OH MSA* 12000 11148 370 0 482 Topeka KS MSA* 3953 3208 745 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 45327 44427 418 0 482 Tulsa OK MSA* 21374 20422 102 0 850 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 3540 3540 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 3044 3044 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 112 112 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 1264 1264 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 10041 9837 204 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 2399 2309 90 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 247184 205004 2178 4312 35690 Baltimore MD PMSA 69144 50615 100 266 18163 Hagerstown MD PMSA 2865 2661 204 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 175174 151727 1874 4046 17527 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 560 560 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 3109 2704 405 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 48637 46866 873 577 321 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 523 275 0 0 248 Wichita KS MSA* 16854 16200 654 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 1524 1524 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 28599 16942 203 0 11454 Yakima WA MSA* 3413 2558 234 288 333 York PA MSA* 10223 8899 104 0 1220 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 13277 9789 2358 546 584 Yuba City CA MSA* 1081 1064 17 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 8414 4397 0 0 4017 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.