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

           February  1998 Year-to-Date

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


 United States          19623600  16814928   273385    263341   2271946

 Northeast               1844127   1590870    55358     27591    170308
   New England            638921    547075    10545      9891     71410
     Connecticut          175997    131952     1332      2030     40683
     Maine                 41492     41017       75       400         0
     Massachusetts        307146    276574     7773      6304     16495
     New Hampshire         56408     53458      290       513      2147
     Rhode Island          29815     27226      789       474      1326
     Vermont               28062     16847      286       170     10759

   Middle Atlantic       1205206   1043795    44813     17700     98898
     New Jersey           341840    317074     9901      2101     12764
     New York             395400    302662    26776     10378     55584
     Pennsylvania         467967    424059     8136      5221     30551

 Midwest                 3509088   3059349    87322     69422    292995
   East North Central    2510734   2231968    61800     44717    172249
     Illinois             579904    504326    10306     16719     48553
     Indiana              466578    435844     9951      2571     18212
     Michigan             577380    522719     8900      5676     40085
     Ohio                 594365    535615    19804     13429     25517
     Wisconsin            292508    233465    12840      6322     39881

   West North Central     998353    827380    25522     24705    120746
     Iowa                 112461     75002      796      8412     28251
     Kansas               198689    163424     3733      5740     25792
     Minnesota            275901    245839     7406      4930     17726
     Missouri             291882    258143    11852      5128     16759
     Nebraska              97690     64667     1358       285     31380
     North Dakota           3602      3474      128         0         0
     South Dakota          18129     16831      250       210       838

 South                   8661816   7510106    57995     95462    998253
   South Atlantic        5338245   4623163    35459     53698    625925
     Delaware              62909     50732      150      1160     10867
     Dist. of Columbia      1804      1804        0         0         0
     Florida             1880007   1534936    14052     38889    292130
     Georgia             1094674    988156     3592      2651    100275
     Maryland             315893    282481     2192      1656     29564
     North Carolina      1017616    900799     8408      6330    102079
     South Carolina       382157    332775     2372      1340     45670
     Virginia             550095    500927     4693      1672     42803
     West Virginia         33092     30554        0         0      2538

   East South Central    1016214    859006    10058      9445    137705
     Alabama              225778    191699     1292       778     32009
     Kentucky             216899    184377     4064      3549     24909
     Mississippi           96578     79278      609       597     16094
     Tennessee            476961    403652     4094      4522     64693

   West South Central    2307355   2027936    12477     32319    234623
     Arkansas             114153     87402     1913      1869     22969
     Louisiana            196686    187559      907      1885      6335
     Oklahoma             184299    146678     2989       175     34457
     Texas               1812217   1606298     6667     28390    170862

 West                    5608571   4654604    72711     70866    810390
   Mountain              2610766   2169635    23880     18670    398581
     Arizona              874389    756243     3191      2282    112673
     Colorado             724885    583216     5621      6794    129254
     Idaho                114023    111397     1887         0       739
     Montana               17027     13313     1761      1131       822
     Nevada               489258    371814      635       150    116659
     New Mexico           148859    128737     1994      2490     15638
     Utah                 221775    186986     7625      5417     21747
     Wyoming               20549     17929     1166       405      1049

   Pacific               2997805   2484969    48831     52196    411809
     Alaska                33622     28509     2483       525      2105
     California          1846180   1610411    12908     29715    193146
     Hawaii                58971     54246     1979       893      1853
     Oregon               379957    305738    16554      7910     49755
     Washington           679077    486065    14908     13154    164950