Table 2v. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized
           Valuation for Regions, Divisions, and States
		(in thousands of dollars)

           September 1996

                                                      3 and 4   5 Units
                           Total    1 Unit  2 Units     Units   or More


 United States          11114663   9303780   205308    175357   1430218

 Northeast               1182717   1065381    22023     11577     83736
   New England            416818    392591     1923      2953     19351
     Connecticut          110796    105076      356      1452      3912
     Maine                 42123     40355      142       500      1126
     Massachusetts        183887    172067     1350       582      9888
     New Hampshire         42127     39783        0       136      2208
     Rhode Island          19033     18302       75       116       540
     Vermont               18852     17008        0       167      1677

   Middle Atlantic        765899    672790    20100      8624     64385
     New Jersey           183020    173680     2751        74      6515
     New York             267224    217773    12226      2484     34741
     Pennsylvania         315655    281337     5123      6066     23129

 Midwest                 2597079   2214436    72365     65876    244402
   East North Central    1886865   1621160    49607     50366    165732
     Illinois             448898    381832    13202     12835     41029
     Indiana              319093    283019    11169      2820     22085
     Michigan             450590    398511     4132      7095     40852
     Ohio                 415966    349338     7911     18743     39974
     Wisconsin            252318    208460    13193      8873     21792

   West North Central     710214    593276    22758     15510     78670
     Iowa                  89276     78561     2324       423      7968
     Kansas               105037     82258     5705       152     16922
     Minnesota            231521    198405     7571      4935     20610
     Missouri             178923    154258     4524      6107     14034
     Nebraska              53087     38438     2044      3109      9496
     North Dakota          22416     19500      258         0      2658
     South Dakota          29954     21856      332       784      6982

 South                   4299005   3481141    58032     36718    723114
   South Atlantic        2652496   2204753    40206     26312    381225
     Delaware              28079     27068      328         0       683
     Dist. of Columbia         0         0        0         0         0
     Florida              953524    726827     6886     14951    204860
     Georgia              560004    475847    18717      5114     60326
     Maryland             195867    171674       97         0     24096
     North Carolina       447477    378880     2040      3190     63367
     South Carolina       174038    150846    11590      1904      9698
     Virginia             270432    253081      240      1015     16096
     West Virginia         23075     20530      308       138      2099

   East South Central     622106    456105    11070      5772    149159
     Alabama              107590     90521     1022         0     16047
     Kentucky             113846     97027     1696      4322     10801
     Mississippi           53611     48559     1220       102      3730
     Tennessee            347059    219998     7132      1348    118581

   West South Central    1024403    820283     6756      4634    192730
     Arkansas              63113     57951     1297      2471      1394
     Louisiana             90232     87624      473       100      2035
     Oklahoma              71368     59547      540       115     11166
     Texas                799690    615161     4446      1948    178135

 West                    3035862   2542822    52888     61186    378966
   Mountain              1391811   1168787    24512     24815    173697
     Arizona              468940    388871     2120      2355     75594
     Colorado             313439    262763     7529      5379     37768
     Idaho                 87145     79007     4287      1207      2644
     Montana               18836     12530     2155      1482      2669
     Nevada               240827    205986     2124      3332     29385
     New Mexico            72308     64368       55       133      7752
     Utah                 175707    143434     5736      8926     17611
     Wyoming               14609     11828      506      2001       274

   Pacific               1644051   1374035    28376     36371    205269
     Alaska                30173     26986      955       554      1678
     California           990424    888273     8283     23420     70448
     Hawaii                39057     32211        0         0      6846
     Oregon               246336    163893     5760      2988     73695
     Washington           338061    262672    13378      9409     52602