Massachusetts 5+ Family Building Permits
See also, Annual Data.
| Date |
Number of Dwelling Units |
Average Value per Dwelling Unit ($) |
| Units | 12 Month | Average Value | 12 Month |
| Total | Percent Change | Average | Percent Change |
| 1994-Jan | 35 | 1,107 | 41 | 11,600 | 60,700 | 8 |
| Feb | 39 | 1,131 | 45 | 50,800 | 60,600 | 7 |
| Mar | 198 | 1,238 | 44 | 34,300 | 51,100 | -21 |
| Apr | 53 | 1,224 | 66 | 55,800 | 51,200 | -24 |
| May | 63 | 1,266 | 75 | 40,100 | 50,700 | -25 |
| Jun | 29 | 1,170 | 53 | 67,500 | 47,300 | -34 |
| Jul | 33 | 1,112 | 39 | 93,900 | 48,700 | -31 |
| Aug | 28 | 846 | -21 | 65,000 | 49,300 | -23 |
| Sep | 77 | 842 | -23 | 35,400 | 48,900 | -23 |
| Oct | 129 | 933 | -12 | 53,600 | 49,000 | -24 |
| Nov | 107 | 1,014 | 17 | 58,400 | 49,700 | -21 |
| Dec | 23 | 814 | -24 | 81,000 | 48,300 | -22 |
| 1995-Jan | 42 | 821 | -26 | 37,400 | 49,300 | -19 |
| Feb | 130 | 912 | -19 | 46,400 | 48,800 | -19 |
| Mar | 202 | 916 | -26 | 59,600 | 54,300 | 6 |
| Apr | 89 | 952 | -22 | 58,100 | 54,600 | 7 |
| May | 55 | 944 | -25 | 40,800 | 54,800 | 8 |
| Jun | 80 | 995 | -15 | 130,000 | 60,400 | 28 |
| Jul | 92 | 1,054 | -5 | 40,900 | 57,700 | 18 |
| Aug | 175 | 1,201 | 42 | 85,100 | 61,500 | 25 |
| Sep | 81 | 1,205 | 43 | 106,000 | 66,200 | 35 |
| Oct | 82 | 1,158 | 24 | 73,700 | 68,100 | 39 |
| Nov | 409 | 1,460 | 44 | 88,500 | 74,500 | 50 |
| Dec | 34 | 1,471 | 81 | 59,800 | 74,100 | 53 |
| 1996-Jan | 25 | 1,454 | 77 | 45,100 | 74,700 | 52 |
| Feb | 33 | 1,357 | 49 | 105,000 | 78,100 | 60 |
| Mar | 67 | 1,222 | 33 | 49,600 | 79,600 | 47 |
| Apr | 88 | 1,221 | 28 | 69,200 | 80,400 | 47 |
| May | 73 | 1,239 | 31 | 51,700 | 80,500 | 47 |
| Jun | 95 | 1,254 | 26 | 45,300 | 74,600 | 24 |
| Jul | 42 | 1,204 | 14 | 46,800 | 76,300 | 32 |
| Aug | 229 | 1,258 | 5 | 59,400 | 71,900 | 17 |
| Sep | 122 | 1,299 | 8 | 71,000 | 69,700 | 5 |
| Oct | 180 | 1,397 | 21 | 91,200 | 72,300 | 6 |
| Nov | 447 | 1,435 | -2 | 64,700 | 65,300 | -12 |
| Dec | 331 | 1,732 | 18 | 58,100 | 64,000 | -14 |
| 1997-Jan | 381 | 2,088 | 44 | 69,200 | 65,200 | -13 |
| Feb | 46 | 2,101 | 55 | 37,500 | 63,900 | -18 |
| Mar | 52 | 2,086 | 71 | 50,400 | 64,100 | -19 |
| Apr | 33 | 2,031 | 66 | 33,000 | 63,300 | -21 |
| May | 47 | 2,005 | 62 | 69,700 | 63,900 | -21 |
| Jun | 275 | 2,185 | 74 | 73,600 | 65,900 | -12 |
| Jul | 31 | 2,174 | 81 | 37,200 | 65,900 | -14 |
| Aug | 307 | 2,252 | 79 | 59,600 | 65,700 | -9 |
| Sep | 62 | 2,192 | 69 | 63,000 | 65,400 | -6 |
| Oct | 27 | 2,039 | 46 | 57,400 | 63,000 | -13 |
| Nov | 39 | 1,631 | 14 | 45,700 | 62,100 | -5 |
| Dec | 86 | 1,386 | -20 | 67,700 | 63,400 | -1 |
| 1998-Jan | 66 | 1,071 | -49 | 52,500 | 60,600 | -7 |
| Feb | 140 | 1,165 | -45 | 91,700 | 65,300 | 2 |
| Mar | 101 | 1,214 | -42 | 124,300 | 70,800 | 10 |
| Apr | 39 | 1,220 | -40 | 80,500 | 72,200 | 14 |
| May | 161 | 1,334 | -33 | 56,200 | 70,300 | 10 |
| Jun | 22 | 1,081 | -51 | 56,200 | 69,200 | 5 |
| Jul | 217 | 1,267 | -42 | 180,400 | 89,000 | 35 |
| Aug | 177 | 1,137 | -50 | 58,100 | 92,200 | 40 |
| Sep | 549 | 1,624 | -26 | 70,500 | 86,000 | 31 |
| Oct | 281 | 1,878 | -8 | 65,400 | 83,300 | 32 |
| Nov | 89 | 1,928 | 18 | 55,400 | 82,800 | 33 |
| Dec | 73 | 1,915 | 38 | 108,400 | 84,400 | 33 |
| 1999-Jan | 173 | 2,022 | 89 | 116,600 | 88,200 | 46 |
| Feb | 271 | 2,153 | 85 | 70,000 | 85,700 | 31 |
| Mar | 14 | 2,066 | 70 | 65,900 | 83,700 | 18 |
| Apr | 89 | 2,116 | 73 | 161,200 | 87,000 | 20 |
| May | 33 | 1,988 | 49 | 51,300 | 88,900 | 26 |
| Jun | 358 | 2,324 | 115 | 197,700 | 106,000 | 53 |
| Jul | 429 | 2,536 | 100 | 67,900 | 93,200 | 5 |
| Aug | 86 | 2,445 | 115 | 41,500 | 93,900 | 2 |
| Sep | 33 | 1,929 | 19 | 127,300 | 101,100 | 18 |
| Oct | 273 | 1,921 | 2 | 130,600 | 110,500 | 33 |
| Nov | 217 | 2,049 | 6 | 53,500 | 106,900 | 29 |
| Dec | 302 | 2,278 | 19 | 87,700 | 104,300 | 24 |
| 2000-Jan | 102 | 2,207 | 9 | 209,400 | 108,200 | 23 |
| Feb | 23 | 1,959 | -9 | 112,400 | 113,500 | 32 |
| Mar | 455 | 2,400 | 16 | 104,000 | 112,000 | 34 |
| Apr | 336 | 2,647 | 25 | 65,200 | 104,400 | 20 |
| May | 75 | 2,689 | 35 | 88,600 | 104,600 | 18 |
| Jun | 113 | 2,444 | 5 | 63,300 | 89,000 | -16 |
| Jul | 639 | 2,654 | 5 | 63,500 | 86,300 | -7 |
| Aug | 197 | 2,765 | 13 | 84,600 | 87,600 | -7 |
| Sep | 86 | 2,818 | 46 | 90,700 | 87,200 | -14 |
| Oct | 108 | 2,653 | 38 | 71,900 | 82,100 | -26 |
| Nov | 325 | 2,761 | 35 | 168,100 | 94,500 | -12 |
| Dec | 286 | 2,745 | 21 | 104,300 | 96,200 | -8 |
| 2001-Jan | 300 | 2,943 | 33 | 144,100 | 97,200 | -10 |
| Feb | 388 | 3,308 | 69 | 90,300 | 96,300 | -15 |
| Mar | 70 | 2,923 | 22 | 86,000 | 94,800 | -15 |
| Apr | 156 | 2,743 | 4 | 73,800 | 97,300 | -7 |
| May | 216 | 2,884 | 7 | 66,200 | 95,200 | -9 |
| Jun | 251 | 3,022 | 24 | 98,400 | 96,600 | 9 |
| Jul | 375 | 2,758 | 4 | 82,800 | 102,400 | 19 |
| Aug | 499 | 3,060 | 11 | 49,000 | 94,900 | 8 |
| Sep | 118 | 3,092 | 10 | 93,500 | 94,900 | 9 |
| Oct | 98 | 3,082 | 16 | 84,100 | 95,400 | 16 |
| Nov | 397 | 3,154 | 14 | 120,900 | 91,100 | -4 |
| Dec | 101 | 2,969 | 8 | 59,900 | 88,800 | -8 |
| 2002-Jan | 140 | 2,809 | -5 | 64,000 | 81,700 | -16 |
| Feb | 242 | 2,663 | -19 | 70,200 | 79,400 | -18 |
| Mar | 55 | 2,648 | -9 | 87,500 | 79,400 | -16 |
| Apr | 63 | 2,555 | -7 | 122,900 | 80,800 | -17 |
| May | 565 | 2,904 | 1 | 93,900 | 84,400 | -11 |
| Jun | 700 | 3,353 | 11 | 88,500 | 84,200 | -13 |
| Jul | 119 | 3,097 | 12 | 96,900 | 84,900 | -17 |
| Aug | 320 | 2,918 | -5 | 74,300 | 89,800 | -5 |
| Sep | 33 | 2,833 | -8 | 98,600 | 89,800 | -5 |
| Oct | 45 | 2,780 | -10 | 97,700 | 90,100 | -6 |
| Nov | 81 | 2,464 | -22 | 85,800 | 85,000 | -7 |
| Dec | 161 | 2,524 | -15 | 55,800 | 84,200 | -5 |
| 2003-Jan | 70 | 2,454 | -13 | 75,600 | 85,100 | 4 |
| Feb | 412 | 2,624 | -1 | 117,600 | 91,500 | 15 |
| Mar | 153 | 2,722 | 3 | 79,500 | 90,900 | 14 |
| Apr | 475 | 3,134 | 23 | 81,500 | 88,900 | 10 |
| May | 170 | 2,739 | -6 | 129,300 | 90,300 | 7 |
| Jun | 577 | 2,616 | -22 | 82,600 | 89,100 | 6 |
| Jul | 544 | 3,041 | -2 | 75,400 | 86,400 | 2 |
| Aug | 924 | 3,645 | 25 | 78,900 | 85,500 | -5 |
| Sep | 224 | 3,836 | 35 | 90,200 | 85,700 | -5 |
| Oct | 333 | 4,124 | 48 | 82,500 | 85,300 | -5 |
| Nov | 730 | 4,773 | 94 | 86,700 | 85,500 | 1 |
| Dec | 467 | 5,079 | 101 | 75,800 | 85,500 | 2 |
| 2004-Jan | 469 | 5,478 | 123 | 64,900 | 83,900 | -1 |
| Feb | 234 | 5,300 | 102 | 76,900 | 81,000 | -11 |
| Mar | 101 | 5,248 | 93 | 85,000 | 81,100 | -11 |
| Apr | 497 | 5,270 | 68 | 101,700 | 83,000 | -7 |
| May | 442 | 5,542 | 102 | 88,000 | 82,000 | -9 |
| Jun | 319 | 5,284 | 102 | 92,200 | 82,500 | -7 |
| Jul | 388 | 5,128 | 69 | 122,400 | 86,300 | 0 |
| Aug | 484 | 4,688 | 29 | 143,600 | 93,700 | 10 |
| Sep | 493 | 4,957 | 29 | 91,700 | 93,700 | 9 |
| Oct | 527 | 5,151 | 25 | 90,200 | 94,000 | 10 |
| Nov | 522 | 4,943 | 4 | 88,400 | 94,500 | 11 |
| Dec | 1,037 | 5,513 | 9 | 89,400 | 95,100 | 11 |
| 2005-Jan | 533 | 5,577 | 2 | 95,500 | 97,700 | 16 |
| Feb | 215 | 5,558 | 5 | 101,900 | 98,700 | 22 |
| Mar | 638 | 6,095 | 16 | 86,700 | 97,700 | 20 |
| Apr | 415 | 6,013 | 14 | 96,200 | 97,300 | 17 |
| May | 663 | 6,234 | 12 | 87,400 | 96,900 | 18 |
| Jun | 1,046 | 6,961 | 32 | 78,700 | 94,400 | 14 |
| Jul | 769 | 7,342 | 43 | 126,600 | 96,300 | 12 |
| Aug | 969 | 7,827 | 67 | 47,000 | 87,200 | -7 |
| Sep | 353 | 7,687 | 55 | 127,700 | 88,800 | -5 |
| Oct | 507 | 7,667 | 49 | 92,500 | 89,000 | -5 |
| Nov | 764 | 7,909 | 60 | 91,600 | 89,300 | -6 |
| Dec | 1,119 | 7,991 | 45 | 85,200 | 88,700 | -7 |
| 2006-Jan | 554 | 8,012 | 44 | 108,300 | 89,600 | -8 |
| Feb | 388 | 8,185 | 47 | 126,500 | 91,000 | -8 |
| Mar | 794 | 8,341 | 37 | 95,600 | 91,800 | -6 |
| Apr | 1,144 | 9,070 | 51 | 100,200 | 92,600 | -5 |
| May | 391 | 8,798 | 41 | 95,400 | 93,100 | -4 |
| Jun | 483 | 8,235 | 18 | 88,200 | 94,700 | 0 |
| Jul | 498 | 7,964 | 8 | 122,200 | 93,300 | -3 |
| Aug | 495 | 7,490 | -4 | 86,200 | 98,800 | 13 |
| Sep | 482 | 7,619 | -1 | 96,100 | 97,300 | 10 |
| Oct | 361 | 7,473 | -3 | 81,900 | 96,900 | 9 |
| Nov | 485 | 7,194 | -9 | 85,100 | 96,700 | 8 |
| Dec | 962 | 7,037 | -12 | 94,400 | 98,200 | 11 |
| 2007-Jan | 1,195 | 7,678 | -4 | 178,700 | 110,000 | 23 |
| Feb | 431 | 7,721 | -6 | 83,300 | 107,700 | 18 |
| Mar | 265 | 7,192 | -14 | 109,200 | 109,100 | 19 |
| Apr | 731 | 6,779 | -25 | 123,700 | 112,100 | 21 |
| May | 615 | 7,003 | -20 | 120,300 | 113,800 | 22 |
| Jun | 221 | 6,741 | -18 | 119,100 | 115,800 | 22 |
| Jul | 601 | 6,844 | -14 | 92,500 | 113,300 | 21 |
| Aug | 161 | 6,510 | -13 | 102,300 | 115,100 | 16 |
| Sep | 190 | 6,218 | -18 | 100,100 | 116,100 | 19 |
| Oct | 376 | 6,233 | -17 | 90,400 | 116,500 | 20 |
| Nov | 225 | 5,973 | -17 | 99,000 | 118,400 | 22 |
| Dec | 225 | 5,236 | -26 | 148,700 | 124,100 | 26 |
| 2008-Jan | 105 | 4,146 | -46 | 115,300 | 108,200 | -2 |
| Feb | 120 | 3,835 | -50 | 92,400 | 110,500 | 3 |
| Mar | 740 | 4,310 | -40 | 90,700 | 107,200 | -2 |
| Apr | 401 | 3,980 | -41 | 85,600 | 101,900 | -9 |
| May | 468 | 3,833 | -45 | 176,700 | 108,100 | -5 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Census and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
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