U.S. Census Bureau

Current Construction Reports

C21 - New Residential Construction in Selected Metropolitan Areas

C21 Series/Publication has been discontinued.

Presents quarterly estimates for forty selected metropolitan areas (MA's) of the number of new, privately owned residential housing units authorized by building permits, authorized but not yet started, started, under construction, and completed. Annual totals and comparative data for earlier years are given also. Tables include all such housing units and separate figures for one-family houses. An annual supplement provides statistics on sales of new one-family houses including the number sold, median and average sales prices, and median and average floor areas.

This publication is a joint report of the Bureau of the Census and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.


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YEAR C21 -- New Residential Construction in Selected Metropolitan Areas
1998 Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4
1997 Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4
1996 Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4
1995 Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau