Table 3v. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Valuation by Metropolitan Area (in thousands of dollars) March 1997 Year-to-Date 3 and 4 5 Units Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or More Abilene TX MSA* 7952 6646 100 270 936 Albany GA MSA* 14135 11803 263 273 1796 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 31817 25107 805 150 5755 Albuquerque NM MSA* 102437 100598 116 891 832 Alexandria LA MSA* 5635 5635 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 28955 27130 377 0 1448 Altoona PA MSA* 1269 1269 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 12879 12879 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 37511 32055 2557 774 2125 Anniston AL MSA* 4346 3690 80 0 576 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 29504 24628 2263 150 2463 Asheville NC MSA* 26109 23175 1134 600 1200 Athens GA MSA* 26369 19240 1150 0 5979 Atlanta GA MSA 984285 925736 1580 1957 55012 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 41219 40771 169 279 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 214676 171550 3016 295 39815 Bakersfield CA MSA* 55455 53804 98 310 1243 Bangor ME MSA* 1930 1930 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 32448 31062 264 1122 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 25543 25458 85 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 8674 8674 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 41610 26329 1384 1570 12327 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 2148 1552 0 596 0 Billings MT MSA* 12943 7495 500 241 4707 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 25950 25673 95 182 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 365 215 150 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 121293 115558 0 35 5700 Bismarck ND MSA* 4546 2286 196 0 2064 Bloomington IN MSA* 15585 12508 523 342 2212 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 11292 10521 113 204 454 Boise City ID MSA* 112117 109199 713 958 1247 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 419658 368972 5208 2081 43397 Boston MA-NH PMSA 222542 188464 3630 1643 28805 Brockton MA PMSA 16230 16230 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 8181 6900 261 0 1020 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 40466 36244 101 288 3833 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 23883 23883 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 18424 15377 554 150 2343 Nashua NH PMSA 17853 15305 0 0 2548 New Bedford MA PMSA 9313 8931 382 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 24238 20948 0 0 3290 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 38527 36691 279 0 1557 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 22809 20751 475 283 1300 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 12845 11907 938 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 31324 27887 1223 0 2214 Burlington VT MSA* 8902 8096 125 178 503 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 26182 20875 991 516 3800 Casper WY MSA* 674 674 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 13869 9252 1100 911 2606 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 12974 7096 182 0 5696 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 96775 95832 154 378 411 Charleston WV MSA* 10203 10027 0 176 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 370997 336842 813 2399 30943 Charlottesville VA MSA* 34203 32352 1126 320 405 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 53025 52593 307 125 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 7682 6968 141 377 196 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 759895 637300 14861 22529 85205 Chicago IL PMSA 680592 569570 12046 21436 77540 Gary IN PMSA 60239 51853 1923 797 5666 Kankakee IL PMSA 7940 7305 340 295 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 11124 8572 552 0 2000 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 14284 13854 430 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 251528 206273 4043 9375 31837 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 200814 163160 3728 6438 27488 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 50714 43113 315 2937 4349 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 22812 20428 50 740 1594 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 247980 226152 5100 2679 14049 Akron OH PMSA 79455 70255 1345 168 7687 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 168526 155897 3755 2512 6362 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 108729 98444 490 0 9795 Columbia MO MSA* 28347 20138 6291 460 1458 Columbia SC MSA* 73518 69568 0 0 3950 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 36562 28505 188 353 7516 Columbus OH MSA 186597 167122 2420 4200 12855 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 20003 18244 0 415 1344 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 3516 3516 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 985971 786153 2217 970 196631 Dallas TX PMSA 732092 602168 1365 970 127589 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 253878 183984 852 0 69042 Danville VA MSA* 7058 6647 0 0 411 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 18316 10381 0 0 7935 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 47823 34084 704 9347 3688 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 65685 61404 631 312 3338 Decatur Al MSA* 5573 5025 0 0 548 Decatur IL MSA* 7179 3389 180 1085 2525 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 628014 545330 4090 3558 75036 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 69139 66848 270 0 2021 Denver CO PMSA 519462 439664 3670 3328 72800 Greeley CO PMSA 39413 38818 150 230 215 Des Moines IA MSA* 49284 49007 277 0 0 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 524822 480694 8033 13034 23061 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 95466 86483 1733 4070 3180 Detroit MI PMSA 399195 366487 4879 8625 19204 Flint MI PMSA 30162 27724 1421 339 678 Dothan AL MSA* 7427 7427 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 13373 13124 249 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 3695 3615 80 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 4083 3499 166 173 245 Eau Claire WI MSA* 7392 4920 1033 1439 0 El Paso TX MSA* 29903 28385 239 0 1279 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 22285 19171 465 280 2369 Elmira NY MSA* 1037 1037 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 1499 1499 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 10377 7925 357 812 1283 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 63665 40784 5851 437 16593 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 29702 28085 383 0 1234 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 4072 3217 0 0 855 Fayetteville NC MSA* 25384 21687 0 368 3329 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 47889 37556 2865 302 7166 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 10021 9868 153 0 0 Florence AL MSA* 3633 2775 0 0 858 Florence SC MSA* 12202 11493 55 0 654 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 62006 57045 146 2797 2018 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 131122 84680 5498 10359 30585 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 97158 76238 7883 1650 11387 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 13091 12583 358 0 150 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 41910 33306 0 0 8604 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 65796 62638 1363 600 1195 Fresno CA MSA 79177 78531 206 285 155 Gadsden AL MSA* 1780 1780 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 28446 21004 456 0 6986 Glens Falls NY MSA* 4098 4098 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 11678 9512 75 0 2091 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 894 374 0 0 520 Grand Junction CO MSA* 17798 16278 1520 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 152064 127484 2865 4147 17568 Great Falls MT MSA* 2877 2877 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 16306 13700 2213 0 393 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 165650 155448 871 240 9091 Greenville NC MSA* 19539 16839 277 0 2423 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 126982 118224 1203 458 7097 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 43117 38986 0 216 3915 Hartford CT MSA* 58493 54901 398 119 3075 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 1730 731 0 0 999 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 37390 35293 1542 80 475 Honolulu HI MSA 29893 27527 766 0 1600 Houma LA MSA* 15314 14384 180 0 750 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 561761 479535 463 529 81234 Brazoria TX PMSA 37396 37396 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 23471 23471 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 500894 418668 463 529 81234 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 2159 841 0 0 1318 Huntsville AL MSA* 15364 15364 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 317250 288187 2581 588 25894 Iowa City IA MSA* 9286 8043 150 1093 0 Jackson MI MSA* 1834 1834 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 50563 40318 0 245 10000 Jackson TN MSA* 10722 10664 58 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 210370 198413 712 720 10525 Jacksonville NC MSA* 7595 7405 0 190 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 165 165 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 6822 5724 1098 0 0 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 31089 28439 382 757 1511 Johnstown PA MSA* 1125 1125 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 7465 7285 0 0 180 Joplin MO MSA* 4787 3754 906 127 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 40415 29750 1654 1537 7474 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 268585 246059 10785 4705 7036 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 29447 26736 686 1175 850 Knoxville TN MSA* 69197 65507 1432 0 2258 Kokomo IN MSA* 9840 7692 2148 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 7384 6038 826 520 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 33493 25061 0 0 8432 Lafayette IN MSA* 20619 15338 676 0 4605 Lake Charles LA MSA* 19048 14398 375 0 4275 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 44069 42876 543 0 650 Lancaster PA MSA* 26676 25797 144 0 735 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 26044 23511 292 0 2241 Laredo TX MSA* 17396 12017 46 538 4795 Las Cruces NM MSA* 18157 17746 160 0 251 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 548096 445760 1732 16273 84331 Lawrence KS MSA* 11907 9038 1582 418 869 Lawton OK MSA* 3746 3746 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 1674 1674 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 71148 61626 3962 0 5560 Lima OH MSA* 699 699 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 37347 30923 485 1564 4375 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 58134 49294 355 175 8310 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 3745 3745 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 1119710 1028549 8781 18927 63453 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 251353 219858 5229 5273 20993 Orange County CA PMSA 323519 298111 2224 3211 19973 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 426462 400808 191 2977 22486 Ventura CA PMSA 118376 109772 1138 7466 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 119895 116323 279 150 3143 Lubbock TX MSA* 20295 12565 265 1630 5835 Lynchburg VA MSA* 29324 28917 407 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 38480 38405 75 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 55427 37082 3040 4290 11015 Mansfield OH MSA* 6702 5841 861 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 41179 36710 884 748 2837 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 29007 28086 471 450 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 76182 71662 103 0 4417 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 160780 154609 106 1580 4485 Merced CA MSA* 27721 27721 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 523376 363036 1399 4500 154441 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 348807 229239 160 1897 117511 Miami FL PMSA 174570 133798 1239 2603 36930 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 152950 113350 9648 2107 27845 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 133180 95415 8374 2046 27345 Racine WI PMSA 19770 17936 1273 61 500 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 357273 307694 3529 5005 41045 Mobile AL MSA* 82396 60629 1391 950 19426 Modesto CA MSA* 28484 28484 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 11368 10795 35 538 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 25973 21769 0 1649 2555 Muncie IN MSA* 5056 4606 240 210 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 71410 51431 522 3633 15824 Naples FL MSA* 115396 72983 1401 12038 28974 Nashville TN MSA 289489 230967 2230 667 55625 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 16767 16644 123 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 78451 77357 884 210 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 816318 643581 32109 13040 127588 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 39945 31078 1911 245 6711 Bridgeport CT PMSA 24060 23416 0 257 387 Danbury CT PMSA 24548 24365 0 183 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 16461 16028 0 120 313 Jersey City NJ PMSA 3149 1833 1316 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 96041 88853 166 0 7022 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 114709 113715 0 994 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 118657 101830 1110 1857 13860 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 30025 23129 70 0 6826 New York NY PMSA 185572 80302 22333 7805 75132 Newark NJ PMSA 69134 58675 3570 417 6472 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 26167 19996 326 460 5385 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 36068 30814 1014 702 3538 Trenton NJ PMSA 18184 18004 180 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 13596 11541 112 0 1943 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 167980 158537 465 1038 7940 Ocala FL MSA* 44996 34653 200 109 10034 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 7407 7407 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 119842 101791 1933 0 16118 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 50199 45487 1811 0 2901 Orlando FL MSA 378881 318438 50 992 59401 Owensboro KY MSA* 4775 4410 120 106 139 Panama City FL MSA* 17406 16293 280 833 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 3601 2769 79 141 612 Pensacola FL MSA* 70423 66772 497 0 3154 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 18306 14814 457 1272 1763 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 409329 335183 8765 1195 64186 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 30237 24250 5987 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 333029 265832 2539 1195 63463 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 3318 3229 89 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 42744 41871 150 0 723 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 1005328 866141 4709 5998 128480 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 491 451 40 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 124553 117934 2134 714 3771 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 1180 1180 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 22836 20066 2469 0 301 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 538937 429307 14917 13793 80920 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 467107 371736 11546 12044 71781 Salem OR PMSA 71829 57571 3371 1748 9139 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 46079 43750 1003 200 1126 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 53914 44522 3218 813 5361 Pueblo CO MSA* 29157 26286 2233 638 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 23154 22247 305 0 602 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 390617 335364 1473 448 53332 Rapid City SD MSA* 5287 3992 0 0 1295 Reading PA MSA* 34385 28832 0 0 5553 Redding CA MSA* 15337 13598 291 1448 0 Reno NV MSA* 52009 50574 107 110 1218 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 18367 17813 0 248 306 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 139368 120067 40 386 18875 Roanoke VA MSA* 18633 15895 176 0 2562 Rochester MN MSA* 13727 10988 1205 1534 0 Rochester NY MSA* 45477 39764 0 0 5713 Rockford IL MSA* 25655 22859 1089 170 1537 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 9676 9359 317 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 253781 243706 611 462 9002 Sacramento CA PMSA 228219 218379 376 462 9002 Yolo CA PMSA 25561 25326 235 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 9988 9048 700 240 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 6820 5908 0 0 912 St. Joseph MO MSA* 2712 2133 393 0 186 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 257465 231767 3375 4218 18105 Salinas CA MSA* 41892 41142 394 0 356 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 207900 198858 2825 1416 4801 San Angelo TX MSA* 4220 3910 310 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 138215 127794 515 1901 8005 San Diego CA MSA 271434 238601 4943 7764 20126 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 730602 581011 3015 11832 134744 Oakland CA PMSA 339834 282002 802 7586 49444 San Francisco CA PMSA 91508 50467 1951 2577 36513 San Jose CA PMSA 167654 121170 151 1043 45290 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 20144 20144 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 56822 52587 111 626 3498 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 54641 54641 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 32688 32584 104 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 35139 22395 181 239 12324 Santa Fe NM MSA* 9823 5544 0 133 4146 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 128079 113260 1319 1275 12225 Savannah GA MSA* 35209 34360 580 0 269 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 8655 7395 35 209 1016 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 571289 450378 14075 13876 92960 Bremerton WA PMSA 34896 32703 1034 169 990 Olympia WA PMSA 33264 32192 123 215 734 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 395588 291194 9814 10581 83999 Tacoma WA PMSA 107540 94288 3105 2910 7237 Sharon PA MSA* 2531 2203 0 328 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 3549 1099 350 0 2100 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 1134 944 190 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 24604 24133 0 150 321 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 2786 2553 0 0 233 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 12087 11446 318 323 0 South Bend IN MSA* 27161 26520 121 0 520 Spokane WA MSA* 31449 30708 741 0 0 Springfield IL MSA* 14195 12204 1761 0 230 Springfield MO MSA* 31381 28498 387 447 2049 Springfield MA MSA* 12154 10904 490 160 600 State College PA MSA* 9871 4457 0 428 4986 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 686 442 244 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 44155 42569 96 1490 0 Sumter SC MSA* 6070 5872 198 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 7395 7180 0 0 215 Tallahassee FL MSA* 39304 37859 390 0 1055 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 326457 239254 2204 3254 81745 Terre Haute IN MSA* 4657 4657 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 1562 1562 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 39698 34543 963 942 3250 Topeka KS MSA* 16026 12911 3115 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 125666 123751 154 1342 419 Tulsa OK MSA* 76629 76359 270 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 16359 13982 97 439 1841 Tyler TX MSA* 14294 13944 0 0 350 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 637 637 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 6662 2348 0 0 4314 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 25865 24587 563 715 0 Waco TX MSA* 11564 9829 1266 0 469 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 781095 730058 747 1050 49240 Baltimore MD PMSA 217166 201157 0 0 16009 Hagerstown MD PMSA 11875 11653 222 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 552054 517248 525 1050 33231 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 2426 2426 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 6387 4969 855 0 563 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 224248 191057 262 7541 25388 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 1719 976 0 0 743 Wichita KS MSA* 52396 51133 1263 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 4350 4350 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 86850 79902 482 419 6047 Yakima WA MSA* 11233 9428 969 176 660 York PA MSA* 24360 22351 369 380 1260 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 25577 22066 2601 188 722 Yuba City CA MSA* 11701 10590 0 0 1111 Yuma AZ MSA* 23313 23313 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.