Table 3v. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Valuation by Metropolitan Area (in thousands of dollars) February 1998 Year-to-Date 3 and 4 5 Units Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or More Abilene* TX MSA 4655 4369 0 0 286 Albany* GA MSA 11434 11434 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 17989 16587 77 283 1042 Albuquerque* NM MSA 69084 64602 0 146 4336 Alexandria* LA MSA 6418 6093 0 325 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 17933 17673 260 0 0 Altoona* PA MSA 5607 607 0 0 5000 Amarillo* TX MSA 8577 8577 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 22492 21536 956 0 0 Anniston* AL MSA 2488 1953 80 0 455 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 21283 17603 1469 392 1819 Asheville* NC MSA 12531 12381 150 0 0 Athens* GA MSA 20063 19423 70 570 0 Atlanta GA MSA 756804 692705 611 229 63259 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 33179 32428 0 175 576 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 126289 119818 204 855 5412 Bakersfield* CA MSA 50999 43078 405 302 7214 Bangor* ME MSA 750 750 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 26770 23229 308 1833 1400 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 16234 16204 30 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 6717 6717 0 0 0 Bellingham* WA MSA 18690 15709 582 424 1975 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 657 657 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 3784 3606 0 178 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 28280 18126 0 0 10154 Binghamton* NY MSA 1975 1975 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 69679 69418 0 35 226 Bismarck* ND MSA 1192 1192 0 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 4543 4543 0 0 0 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 7517 7130 246 141 0 Boise City* ID MSA 79684 78367 929 0 388 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 276399 248980 5697 4984 16738 Boston MA-NH PMSA 156280 132612 4922 4424 14322 Brockton MA PMSA 9525 9525 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 4845 4133 138 0 574 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 24109 23566 30 513 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 14849 14624 225 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 11249 11249 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 11743 10368 0 0 1375 New Bedford MA PMSA 5006 5006 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 13888 13421 0 0 467 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 24905 24476 382 47 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 15029 14539 162 107 221 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 24004 9779 0 0 14225 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 30502 15845 290 0 14367 Burlington* VT MSA 6720 6602 118 0 0 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 17249 16645 604 0 0 Casper* WY MSA 329 329 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 11725 5682 562 1053 4428 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 8237 6140 0 1286 811 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 63975 58542 125 0 5308 Charleston* WV MSA 11449 6486 0 0 4963 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 243657 200031 1699 712 41215 Charlottesville* VA MSA 14944 14428 516 0 0 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 29520 29281 239 0 0 Cheyenne* WY MSA 5513 3327 923 214 1049 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 504820 435454 7783 12312 49271 Chicago IL PMSA 456527 395549 5781 10929 44268 Gary IN PMSA 33871 28764 1310 999 2798 Kankakee IL PMSA 5115 4119 337 384 275 Kenosha WI PMSA 9307 7022 355 0 1930 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 10023 10023 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 144852 136873 687 1750 5542 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 116149 109451 600 896 5202 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 28703 27422 87 854 340 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 12502 11288 44 320 850 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 174391 159399 2787 4139 8066 Akron OH PMSA 50738 44600 877 2206 3055 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 123653 114799 1910 1933 5011 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 87078 79317 65 0 7696 Columbia* MO MSA 10460 7298 2946 0 216 Columbia* SC MSA 51491 50688 0 0 803 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 19351 15591 0 214 3546 Columbus OH MSA 129058 117106 1259 3015 7678 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 13734 13014 102 618 0 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 892 892 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 690077 634904 2441 6038 46694 Dallas TX PMSA 519397 482086 1292 240 35779 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 170680 152818 1149 5798 10915 Danville* VA MSA 5743 3694 0 0 2049 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 5745 5276 0 0 469 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 28725 26917 451 1357 0 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 58572 51615 114 0 6843 Decatur* Al MSA 5399 5299 0 0 100 Decatur* IL MSA 4572 1867 180 0 2525 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 431458 358341 2628 2792 67697 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 77817 47933 146 551 29187 Denver CO PMSA 310552 268204 2482 2043 37823 Greeley CO PMSA 43089 42204 0 198 687 Des Moines* IA MSA 41940 33323 0 0 8617 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 363013 327768 5743 3281 26221 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 61270 58304 259 0 2707 Detroit MI PMSA 282325 251573 4211 3281 23260 Flint MI PMSA 19418 17891 1273 0 254 Dothan* AL MSA 3528 3528 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 6869 6869 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 2103 2103 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 4994 4743 65 186 0 Eau Claire* WI MSA 3658 2678 0 980 0 El Paso* TX MSA 23609 18774 146 67 4622 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 17698 15797 350 0 1551 Elmira* NY MSA 397 397 0 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 1098 1098 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 5260 4662 0 0 598 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 39753 23680 2741 1096 12236 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 16216 15858 68 205 85 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 2283 2155 128 0 0 Fayetteville* NC MSA 21017 16414 0 368 4235 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 21985 19943 554 408 1080 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 13408 10416 113 130 2749 Florence* AL MSA 1081 1081 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 7137 6479 0 0 658 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 50232 46344 213 1673 2002 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 94342 54451 4638 9465 25788 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 48562 42043 2083 755 3681 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 6153 5049 887 217 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 21525 18645 0 1152 1728 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 40842 40127 117 450 148 Fresno CA MSA 42661 40145 0 0 2516 Gadsden* AL MSA 969 969 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 27420 15435 0 310 11675 Glens Falls* NY MSA 3731 3731 0 0 0 Goldsboro* NC MSA 6931 6465 152 314 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 128 128 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 14572 14123 449 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 82505 75927 1330 1603 3645 Great Falls* MT MSA 1680 1402 0 0 278 Green Bay* WI MSA 12032 10113 655 0 1264 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 117561 111289 665 471 5136 Greenville* NC MSA 14913 11122 239 0 3552 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 82424 73920 1832 147 6525 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 25190 22755 599 542 1294 Hartford* CT MSA 50275 40722 427 0 9126 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 1598 1239 0 0 359 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 22583 21866 472 0 245 Honolulu HI MSA 31859 28761 1498 0 1600 Houma* LA MSA 12154 12124 30 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 527065 426427 550 9140 90948 Brazoria TX PMSA 31634 27793 0 3841 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 30483 30483 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 464948 368151 550 5299 90948 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 679 549 0 0 130 Huntsville* AL MSA 8779 8779 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 202601 197560 897 546 3598 Iowa City* IA MSA 5972 5649 0 323 0 Jackson* MI MSA 675 575 100 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 31826 27920 290 0 3616 Jackson* TN MSA 8914 8428 161 0 325 Jacksonville FL MSA 145413 138185 1290 0 5938 Jacksonville* NC MSA 8976 8540 0 266 170 Jamestown* NY MSA 178 178 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 2792 2292 150 0 350 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 19853 16251 81 161 3360 Johnstown* PA MSA 100 100 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 4535 4472 63 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 2755 2435 320 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 20348 17822 400 0 2126 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 172146 161978 4578 1212 4378 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 18543 16770 427 1346 0 Knoxville* TN MSA 38455 35074 48 747 2586 Kokomo* IN MSA 3587 2178 1409 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 2951 2506 110 0 335 Lafayette* LA MSA 18155 17505 0 0 650 Lafayette* IN MSA 13105 10622 516 12 1955 Lake Charles* LA MSA 13438 9070 239 114 4015 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 43549 42384 303 0 862 Lancaster* PA MSA 20265 20048 217 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 14110 12855 146 0 1109 Laredo* TX MSA 9424 8745 131 83 465 Las Cruces* NM MSA 11068 10486 80 60 442 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 442168 331819 879 0 109470 Lawrence* KS MSA 10278 6230 1681 836 1531 Lawton* OK MSA 5171 5091 80 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 1099 1099 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 40537 37672 2338 180 347 Lima* OH MSA 703 703 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 17649 13371 421 0 3857 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 53112 36185 0 620 16307 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 3334 3224 110 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 712735 660871 4368 5600 41896 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 151538 133338 2972 5002 10226 Orange County CA PMSA 159668 144933 1205 194 13336 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 355408 338755 191 0 16462 Ventura CA PMSA 46121 43845 0 404 1872 Louisville KY-IN MSA 100488 80121 425 0 19942 Lubbock* TX MSA 13085 12835 250 0 0 Lynchburg* VA MSA 14913 13498 345 760 310 Macon* GA MSA 20886 20136 0 0 750 Madison* WI MSA 38753 24468 2200 1883 10202 Mansfield* OH MSA 3292 3092 200 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 31412 27502 498 1608 1804 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 20165 17762 1328 678 397 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 66028 52900 307 153 12668 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 131758 107349 85 0 24324 Merced* CA MSA 10926 10926 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 296085 233299 1392 6982 54412 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 180457 144377 310 1746 34024 Miami FL PMSA 115628 88922 1082 5236 20388 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 103821 80122 4444 1757 17498 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 88306 71073 4134 1757 11342 Racine WI PMSA 15515 9049 310 0 6156 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 224504 203677 3135 1681 16011 Mobile* AL MSA 61079 37800 521 743 22015 Modesto* CA MSA 21860 20921 482 0 457 Monroe* LA MSA 9313 7455 45 143 1670 Montgomery* AL MSA 17528 17528 0 0 0 Muncie* IN MSA 2682 2533 149 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 53813 31195 175 996 21447 Naples* FL MSA 114537 74689 780 12448 26620 Nashville TN MSA 196176 158122 2989 2156 32909 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 11338 11044 0 0 294 New Orleans* LA MSA 47368 47176 29 163 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 585773 499349 33007 13265 40152 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 30477 26353 2376 115 1633 Bridgeport CT PMSA 19554 18762 38 754 0 Danbury CT PMSA 17075 17075 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 11244 10810 121 0 313 Jersey City NJ PMSA 2829 1547 1282 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 79425 77552 134 136 1603 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 81771 77831 260 0 3680 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 101843 97854 845 86 3058 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 20192 15327 228 258 4379 New York NY PMSA 107834 54271 24771 9507 19285 Newark NJ PMSA 52733 47965 2140 988 1640 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 18021 14359 173 403 3086 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 20952 17820 639 1018 1475 Trenton NJ PMSA 14677 14677 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 7146 7146 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 119013 113790 359 547 4317 Ocala* FL MSA 31133 30677 0 456 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 7768 7768 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 97207 77504 1677 0 18026 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 60681 32744 234 180 27523 Orlando FL MSA 316616 223262 0 521 92833 Owensboro* KY MSA 2607 2607 0 0 0 Panama City* FL MSA 9447 9402 45 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 2120 2120 0 0 0 Pensacola* FL MSA 58562 45183 204 1442 11733 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 12061 11661 400 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 283940 248065 4876 2757 28242 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 26292 21662 3709 453 468 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 216143 193824 1167 2304 18848 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 1819 1819 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 39686 30760 0 0 8926 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 668949 561354 957 680 105958 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 260 260 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 74370 67253 471 1925 4721 Pittsfield* MA MSA 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 784 784 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 14754 14754 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 277712 239248 9771 5287 23406 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 239524 209311 8277 5131 16805 Salem OR PMSA 38188 29937 1494 156 6601 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 33473 30722 951 274 1526 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 39262 28482 1098 1114 8568 Pueblo* CO MSA 16637 15518 584 535 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 23754 17154 279 250 6071 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 267204 239680 1515 290 25719 Rapid City* SD MSA 3271 2925 0 0 346 Reading* PA MSA 10518 10518 0 0 0 Redding* CA MSA 6670 6670 0 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 47848 41566 0 150 6132 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 12833 12833 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 81355 81355 0 0 0 Roanoke* VA MSA 7946 7365 57 90 434 Rochester* MN MSA 9574 8827 355 392 0 Rochester* NY MSA 38341 24711 0 0 13630 Rockford* IL MSA 15635 13433 365 1515 322 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 5129 5039 90 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 173514 161850 0 0 11664 Sacramento CA PMSA 162442 150778 0 0 11664 Yolo CA PMSA 11072 11072 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 5349 5349 0 0 0 St. Cloud* MN MSA 5721 4551 0 0 1170 St. Joseph* MO MSA 2029 1604 169 137 119 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 174170 157728 3746 2121 10575 Salinas* CA MSA 15314 14764 0 550 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 124244 114008 3400 3695 3141 San Angelo* TX MSA 8089 4246 0 384 3459 San Antonio* TX MSA 137964 134656 421 307 2580 San Diego CA MSA 265236 218081 1379 2289 43487 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 405715 299432 5046 15479 85758 Oakland CA PMSA 152803 114101 0 7799 30903 San Francisco CA PMSA 60123 42945 1768 846 14564 San Jose CA PMSA 123253 77961 2970 6088 36234 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 7162 2578 0 746 3838 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 33348 32821 308 0 219 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 29026 29026 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 22764 22622 142 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 17389 17389 0 0 0 Santa Fe* NM MSA 4902 4902 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 84647 77491 607 1500 5049 Savannah* GA MSA 37385 23718 0 0 13667 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 5053 5053 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 466810 298351 11425 10603 146431 Bremerton WA PMSA 13730 13474 256 0 0 Olympia WA PMSA 24734 20873 1419 0 2442 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 340778 193049 7830 10089 129810 Tacoma WA PMSA 87568 70955 1920 514 14179 Sharon* PA MSA 1205 1205 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 1407 607 0 0 800 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 2040 1830 75 135 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 11645 11645 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 799 799 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 7851 7500 0 210 141 South Bend* IN MSA 19110 14712 0 0 4398 Spokane* WA MSA 30582 19199 841 575 9967 Springfield* IL MSA 6279 5742 537 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 24124 21470 657 522 1475 Springfield* MA MSA 9247 9002 245 0 0 State College* PA MSA 3301 3246 55 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 960 960 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 23874 23291 583 0 0 Sumter* SC MSA 4126 4026 0 100 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 6753 6753 0 0 0 Tallahassee* FL MSA 26413 16910 407 0 9096 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 175694 168004 888 1832 4970 Terre Haute* IN MSA 3614 3614 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 3193 1544 81 0 1568 Toledo* OH MSA 26384 22759 375 0 3250 Topeka* KS MSA 8050 8050 0 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 106261 105195 643 423 0 Tulsa* OK MSA 63678 47122 741 175 15640 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 9500 9500 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 9617 9217 0 400 0 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 159 159 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 7425 2976 0 4449 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 13478 12988 140 350 0 Waco* TX MSA 5140 4829 311 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 530522 470865 505 1656 57496 Baltimore MD PMSA 133042 111870 0 1656 19516 Hagerstown MD PMSA 7815 7660 155 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 389665 351335 350 0 37980 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 3923 1802 0 835 1286 Wausau* WI MSA 3636 3636 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 153246 144696 85 633 7832 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 346 346 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 46920 32533 430 0 13957 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 1790 1790 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 70926 60574 581 757 9014 Yakima* WA MSA 6637 6010 465 162 0 York* PA MSA 18431 17648 208 0 575 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 18438 13825 1327 2966 320 Yuba City* CA MSA 3320 3320 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 6510 6231 279 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.