Table 3v. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Valuation by Metropolitan Area (in thousands of dollars) March 1998 Year-to-Date 3 and 4 5 Units Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or More Abilene* TX MSA 6484 5750 100 270 364 Albany* GA MSA 18117 17939 178 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 40814 33918 161 365 6370 Albuquerque* NM MSA 87615 82760 0 362 4493 Alexandria* LA MSA 9917 9592 0 325 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 34963 34563 400 0 0 Altoona* PA MSA 6531 1531 0 0 5000 Amarillo* TX MSA 13982 13982 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 36283 35005 1278 0 0 Anniston* AL MSA 4316 3418 80 0 818 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 37004 31799 2315 727 2163 Asheville* NC MSA 31319 25598 150 0 5571 Athens* GA MSA 28876 27994 312 570 0 Atlanta GA MSA 1259206 1149517 919 557 108213 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 54207 53456 0 175 576 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 229143 210904 540 374 17325 Bakersfield* CA MSA 60282 51947 405 716 7214 Bangor* ME MSA 1718 1718 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 42920 39169 518 1833 1400 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 31493 27613 30 0 3850 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 10576 10097 204 0 275 Bellingham* WA MSA 30712 26377 1224 848 2263 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 906 906 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 8113 7578 0 178 357 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 41364 31210 0 0 10154 Binghamton* NY MSA 2939 2939 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 121498 117415 0 175 3908 Bismarck* ND MSA 5047 5047 0 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 12288 9689 1195 1404 0 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 13511 13124 246 141 0 Boise City* ID MSA 149207 135900 1318 0 11989 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 477665 432229 7697 7733 30006 Boston MA-NH PMSA 263272 224627 6272 6147 26226 Brockton MA PMSA 18461 18461 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 8408 7522 206 0 680 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 40619 39906 200 513 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 22655 21978 225 232 220 Manchester NH PMSA 22519 21314 233 392 580 Nashua NH PMSA 21501 19348 0 320 1833 New Bedford MA PMSA 9014 8914 100 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 24240 23612 79 82 467 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 46976 46547 382 47 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 27650 26839 483 107 221 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 34081 17335 731 0 16015 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 43918 28718 440 0 14760 Burlington* VT MSA 16207 12331 130 150 3596 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 33269 31488 1242 336 203 Casper* WY MSA 874 874 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 19935 12442 904 1300 5289 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 14618 10712 154 1286 2466 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 123467 107072 285 90 16020 Charleston* WV MSA 13959 9369 0 0 4590 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 481944 391278 2308 4175 84183 Charlottesville* VA MSA 31011 29095 1781 135 0 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 51833 51659 174 0 0 Cheyenne* WY MSA 8829 6643 923 214 1049 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 893073 777577 11831 18140 85525 Chicago IL PMSA 805603 709241 8367 16871 71124 Gary IN PMSA 60424 46841 2492 885 10206 Kankakee IL PMSA 8001 6820 522 384 275 Kenosha WI PMSA 19045 14675 450 0 3920 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 18565 17892 0 269 404 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 242589 226878 2841 2859 10011 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 191092 177883 2668 1785 8756 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 51497 48995 173 1074 1255 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 22193 20829 44 320 1000 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 310188 281429 4810 6356 17593 Akron OH PMSA 97634 82632 2297 4423 8282 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 212554 198797 2513 1933 9311 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 128345 119938 711 0 7696 Columbia* MO MSA 19934 16254 3364 100 216 Columbia* SC MSA 81699 80896 0 0 803 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 29978 26218 0 214 3546 Columbus OH MSA 220482 201721 1702 4623 12436 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 23511 22628 265 618 0 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 2056 2056 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 1187897 1001216 4321 8790 173570 Dallas TX PMSA 883166 751312 2738 2992 126124 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 304731 249904 1583 5798 47446 Danville* VA MSA 8325 6071 0 0 2254 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 14139 12833 168 0 1138 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 54574 51722 1234 1618 0 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 90653 83142 114 0 7397 Decatur* Al MSA 11435 9103 0 120 2212 Decatur* IL MSA 5909 3042 180 162 2525 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 728710 602396 7250 7846 111218 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 126623 85379 885 551 39808 Denver CO PMSA 528072 446166 4455 6468 70983 Greeley CO PMSA 74015 70851 1910 827 427 Des Moines* IA MSA 74229 65073 173 366 8617 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 655714 588660 10222 6103 50729 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 117658 101560 475 460 15163 Detroit MI PMSA 501438 453232 7894 5643 34669 Flint MI PMSA 36618 33868 1853 0 897 Dothan* AL MSA 6031 5897 134 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 11553 11553 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 4333 4333 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 7268 7101 167 0 0 Eau Claire* WI MSA 10392 9142 270 980 0 El Paso* TX MSA 39176 30751 292 67 8066 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 25741 22828 516 0 2397 Elmira* NY MSA 595 595 0 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 2787 2787 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 10175 6977 0 0 3198 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 60114 42494 3291 2093 12236 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 26141 25673 126 205 137 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 7723 5663 260 0 1800 Fayetteville* NC MSA 31983 24816 59 368 6740 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 38455 34138 1307 466 2544 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 13555 13555 0 0 0 Florence* AL MSA 2477 2477 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 11808 10626 41 0 1141 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 82694 76777 395 2010 3512 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 143886 78911 6970 17272 40733 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 93246 83809 3722 1036 4679 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 11966 10772 977 217 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 74294 32465 0 1217 40612 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 75951 74051 117 825 958 Fresno CA MSA 86089 77181 0 0 8908 Gadsden* AL MSA 2126 2126 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 40741 24636 0 310 15795 Glens Falls* NY MSA 6896 6596 0 300 0 Goldsboro* NC MSA 10911 9929 306 676 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 1720 1720 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 25067 24091 615 361 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 160116 141616 2835 2474 13191 Great Falls* MT MSA 2566 2288 0 0 278 Green Bay* WI MSA 23496 20632 947 0 1917 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 219902 195724 1080 838 22260 Greenville* NC MSA 24543 20482 239 0 3822 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 140974 126489 2891 147 11447 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 39625 36696 807 542 1580 Hartford* CT MSA 82192 71919 427 450 9396 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 2860 2452 49 0 359 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 38965 37445 985 100 435 Honolulu HI MSA 53261 42927 2705 0 7629 Houma* LA MSA 21375 21345 30 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 903161 709967 3014 18277 171903 Brazoria TX PMSA 47731 43762 128 3841 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 49687 49687 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 805743 616518 2886 14436 171903 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 1543 1203 0 0 340 Huntsville* AL MSA 13655 13655 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 380146 361125 2071 769 16181 Iowa City* IA MSA 12048 10890 359 799 0 Jackson* MI MSA 2365 1265 100 0 1000 Jackson* MS MSA 51124 47638 435 0 3051 Jackson* TN MSA 13166 13036 130 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 219513 205100 1866 0 12547 Jacksonville* NC MSA 14152 12685 0 753 714 Jamestown* NY MSA 275 275 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 7070 6170 375 0 525 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 32831 28888 156 236 3551 Johnstown* PA MSA 482 482 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 7994 7731 63 200 0 Joplin* MO MSA 4996 3641 1355 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 33310 30562 400 0 2348 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 314999 282392 7390 2440 22777 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 28808 25919 1051 1838 0 Knoxville* TN MSA 67672 60174 191 1092 6215 Kokomo* IN MSA 7623 5149 2074 400 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 8992 6999 513 113 1367 Lafayette* LA MSA 29597 28797 0 150 650 Lafayette* IN MSA 23838 20290 771 22 2755 Lake Charles* LA MSA 21625 16770 360 114 4381 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 56313 51959 868 0 3486 Lancaster* PA MSA 33064 31433 531 0 1100 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 24347 23092 146 0 1109 Laredo* TX MSA 19830 18906 131 111 682 Las Cruces* NM MSA 19301 18456 80 141 624 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 688505 522874 1395 4509 159727 Lawrence* KS MSA 18533 13710 3295 830 698 Lawton* OK MSA 6935 6777 158 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 1991 1991 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 84585 69265 3037 300 11983 Lima* OH MSA 1538 1538 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 31196 24002 631 0 6563 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 77573 59314 274 919 17066 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 5232 5122 110 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 1300978 1207416 6799 12369 74394 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 264634 231743 4753 6354 21784 Orange County CA PMSA 316509 287780 1855 1213 25661 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 586943 559961 191 1714 25077 Ventura CA PMSA 132892 127932 0 3088 1872 Louisville KY-IN MSA 165120 144217 470 300 20133 Lubbock* TX MSA 25422 19972 250 0 5200 Lynchburg* VA MSA 27262 25550 642 760 310 Macon* GA MSA 36242 31716 0 0 4526 Madison* WI MSA 63212 42135 2810 2394 15873 Mansfield* OH MSA 6412 5920 492 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 52390 44905 910 3079 3496 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 36059 31862 2183 1219 795 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 100407 85448 1546 300 13113 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 228500 203509 191 125 24675 Merced* CA MSA 20406 20406 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 463185 356209 2417 9393 95166 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 277066 220197 454 3088 53327 Miami FL PMSA 186119 136012 1963 6305 41839 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 183898 136607 8519 4340 34432 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 159543 120965 7299 3177 28102 Racine WI PMSA 24355 15642 1220 1163 6330 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 418193 380444 6435 6005 25309 Mobile* AL MSA 86913 62639 521 743 23010 Modesto* CA MSA 44650 43209 984 0 457 Monroe* LA MSA 14930 12881 93 286 1670 Montgomery* AL MSA 21799 21333 411 55 0 Muncie* IN MSA 5234 5234 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 84517 51649 665 1976 30227 Naples* FL MSA 161877 110541 1332 15117 34887 Nashville TN MSA 332438 272110 4092 2800 53436 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 20952 20658 0 0 294 New Orleans* LA MSA 83838 80353 385 0 3100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 968887 829802 45588 24080 69417 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 48001 41573 3160 135 3133 Bridgeport CT PMSA 30747 29955 38 754 0 Danbury CT PMSA 28422 28422 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 20868 19268 121 0 1479 Jersey City NJ PMSA 7382 5244 2043 95 0 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 140543 133954 174 663 5752 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 130267 125600 260 0 4407 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 166642 153023 1236 86 12297 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 32541 26843 333 615 4750 New York NY PMSA 172474 90021 33168 18499 30786 Newark NJ PMSA 87931 81593 3754 944 1640 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 31561 27177 433 253 3698 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 33567 29188 868 2036 1475 Trenton NJ PMSA 25646 25646 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 12295 12295 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 187538 180855 514 1007 5162 Ocala* FL MSA 48181 47367 70 744 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 11690 11690 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 142500 122256 2218 0 18026 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 87157 58255 493 180 28229 Orlando FL MSA 529542 376875 117 521 152029 Owensboro* KY MSA 5488 5488 0 0 0 Panama City* FL MSA 16309 16175 134 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 5617 3868 184 0 1565 Pensacola* FL MSA 82293 68711 407 1442 11733 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 21776 20896 880 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 454109 414111 6595 4436 28967 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 36931 30945 4640 725 621 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 352892 328187 1897 3468 19340 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 4877 4877 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 59409 50102 58 243 9006 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 1093609 981384 957 680 110588 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 659 659 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 134678 122662 873 4009 7134 Pittsfield* MA MSA 247 247 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 2703 2703 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 27142 26841 0 0 301 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 443386 370591 14381 10150 48264 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 379235 317065 11937 9965 40268 Salem OR PMSA 64151 53526 2444 185 7996 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 62092 58661 1685 441 1305 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 73393 54275 1438 1996 15684 Pueblo* CO MSA 29403 26826 1412 1165 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 34403 27486 279 510 6128 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 437812 398652 1796 684 36680 Rapid City* SD MSA 7321 6682 0 0 639 Reading* PA MSA 18776 18776 0 0 0 Redding* CA MSA 13340 12617 0 723 0 Reno* NV MSA 72988 72515 100 150 223 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 23382 23382 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 135999 135992 7 0 0 Roanoke* VA MSA 16412 14228 57 90 2037 Rochester* MN MSA 14680 13732 556 392 0 Rochester* NY MSA 57285 43074 100 481 13630 Rockford* IL MSA 24584 21413 570 1910 691 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 8282 8081 201 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 301606 289942 0 0 11664 Sacramento CA PMSA 276292 264628 0 0 11664 Yolo CA PMSA 25314 25314 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 12363 11766 270 0 327 St. Cloud* MN MSA 10017 7913 0 192 1912 St. Joseph* MO MSA 4084 2655 530 0 899 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 279062 258002 6407 2795 11858 Salinas* CA MSA 35144 34594 0 550 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 220074 200943 5482 4752 8897 San Angelo* TX MSA 10625 6782 0 384 3459 San Antonio* TX MSA 212325 208921 421 403 2580 San Diego CA MSA 403394 350789 1701 4933 45971 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 735913 588768 8453 18052 120640 Oakland CA PMSA 269465 229629 0 7799 32037 San Francisco CA PMSA 122067 69515 2081 5926 44545 San Jose CA PMSA 193665 148719 5056 3581 36309 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 12191 7607 0 746 3838 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 56857 55541 1316 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 81668 77757 0 0 3911 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 46856 46714 142 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 29678 29678 0 0 0 Santa Fe* NM MSA 9687 9687 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 149046 128610 847 1700 17889 Savannah* GA MSA 64065 39928 144 0 23993 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 8926 8926 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 722852 524827 19997 18044 159984 Bremerton WA PMSA 28215 27443 459 0 313 Olympia WA PMSA 49270 41955 2913 834 3568 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 506714 339558 10084 15472 141600 Tacoma WA PMSA 138653 115871 6541 1738 14503 Sharon* PA MSA 2367 2367 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 2117 1161 156 0 800 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 7255 2545 475 4235 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 20949 20949 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 2121 2121 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 16917 16644 63 210 0 South Bend* IN MSA 30370 25672 190 0 4508 Spokane* WA MSA 48115 36415 1158 575 9967 Springfield* IL MSA 16218 14946 1272 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 37208 34299 788 522 1599 Springfield* MA MSA 17076 16471 245 0 360 State College* PA MSA 6392 5907 185 0 300 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 1466 1301 0 0 165 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 66775 65737 583 0 455 Sumter* SC MSA 6633 6054 579 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 10641 10559 0 0 82 Tallahassee* FL MSA 33845 24138 611 0 9096 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 310450 263081 2026 5276 40067 Terre Haute* IN MSA 6386 6386 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 5495 2635 81 0 2779 Toledo* OH MSA 51163 39968 1748 0 9447 Topeka* KS MSA 13076 12556 520 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 160521 157621 1781 1119 0 Tulsa* OK MSA 114495 74843 1250 175 38227 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 17815 17815 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 15257 14857 0 400 0 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 822 822 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 9590 5141 0 4449 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 24648 23453 140 1055 0 Waco* TX MSA 8133 7642 491 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 907019 805117 684 3828 97390 Baltimore MD PMSA 235441 192949 102 2511 39879 Hagerstown MD PMSA 14820 14610 210 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 656758 597558 372 1317 57511 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 5374 3253 0 835 1286 Wausau* WI MSA 7062 6788 274 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 220056 202516 1093 2239 14208 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 412 412 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 65560 50959 644 0 13957 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 4014 4014 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 102957 90608 901 1041 10407 Yakima* WA MSA 11373 10296 793 284 0 York* PA MSA 30717 29934 208 0 575 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 33366 26447 2788 3811 320 Yuba City* CA MSA 10045 9205 840 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 13184 12745 279 0 160 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.