Table 3v. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized
          Valuation by Metropolitan Area
            (in thousands of dollars)
 
          August    2004

                                                                   3 and 4   5 Units
                                             Total  1 Unit  2 Units  Units   or more
 
 
Abilene, TX                                   1120    1120       0       0       0
Akron,* OH                                   48154   46671       0     679     804
Albany, GA                                    6667    6243     424       0       0
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY                  30198   28108     958       0    1132
Albuquerque,* NM                             70485   70485       0       0       0
Alexandria, LA                               12812   12712     100       0       0
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton,* PA-NJ           54970   53948     274     448     300
Altoona, PA                                   1216     386      80       0     750
Amarillo, TX                                  7757    7757       0       0       0
Ames, IA                                      9035    5306     395       0    3334
Anchorage,* AK                               29220   25805    1065       0    2350
Anderson,* IN                                 5049    4731       0       0     318
Anderson,* SC                                16125   16000     125       0       0
Ann Arbor,* MI                               35236   29451       0     304    5481
Anniston-Oxford, AL                           2065    2065       0       0       0
Appleton, WI                                 32227   31511     716       0       0
Asheville, NC                                47210   44575     137    2048     450
Athens-Clarke County, GA                     14664   14664       0       0       0
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta,* GA         751891  694271    4731    2960   49929
Atlantic City,* NJ                           23951   23850     101       0       0
Auburn-Opelika,* AL                          10355   10355       0       0       0
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC               42314   42314       0       0       0
Austin-Round Rock,* TX                      197058  149695    2246     139   44978
Bakersfield, CA                              81783   80876     421       0     486
Baltimore-Towson,* MD                       111549   78625       0     598   32326
Bangor, ME                                    5135    4811       0     324       0
Barnstable Town, MA                          24905   23745       0    1160       0
Baton Rouge, LA                              44824   39172      30     273    5349
Battle Creek, MI                              4013    4013       0       0       0
Bay City, MI                                   503     503       0       0       0
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX                     11546   11546       0       0       0
Bellingham, WA                               32834   25797     969     288    5780
Bend,* OR                                    70460   66205    1206    3049       0
Billings, MT                                 12897    8491       0     512    3894
Binghamton, NY                                1561    1561       0       0       0
Birmingham-Hoover,* AL                       91098   91098       0       0       0
Bismarck, ND                                 11784   11192       0     592       0
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford,
  VA                                         10505   10255     250       0       0
Bloomington, IN                              12144    9159    1259     237    1489
Bloomington-Normal, IL                        7988    5649       0     677    1662
Boise City-Nampa,* ID                       126018  117172    1829    6410     607
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy,* MA-NH             230077  155358    9851    3576   61292
Boulder,* CO                                 23845   23604     241       0       0
Bowling Green, KY                            27933   12052     145     898   14838
Bremerton-Silverdale,* WA                    24173   23998     175       0       0
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk,* CT             76279   68625     170     700    6784
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX                    20946   20251     186       0     509
Brunswick, GA                                45998   19998       0       0   26000
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY                    30898   30378     520       0       0
Burlington,* NC                               8579    8579       0       0       0
Burlington-South Burlington, VT              11984    9860    1002     549     573
Canton-Massillon, OH                         20495   19940       0     318     237
Cape Coral-Fort Myers,* FL                  209035  169676    1217     180   37962
Carson City,* NV                              2748    2748       0       0       0
Casper,* WY                                   5115    5115       0       0       0
Cedar Rapids, IA                             14438   10584     914    1269    1671
Champaign-Urbana, IL                         12000   10925       0       0    1075
Charleston, WV                                4108    4108       0       0       0
Charleston-North Charleston,* SC            100005   96600       0     524    2881
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord,* NC-SC          246146  236253    1181    1467    7245
Charlottesville,* VA                         31675   22524     766     314    8071
Chattanooga, TN-GA                           31133   30288     179     222     444
Cheyenne, WY                                  5849    5259     175     415       0
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet,* IL-IN-WI        795293  686331    4800   20696   83466
Chico, CA                                    14866   14296     570       0       0
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN             164657  155798     830    2518    5511
Clarksville, TN-KY                           12541   11193      90       0    1258
Cleveland, TN                                 6267    6157     110       0       0
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor,* OH                123026  117015    1244     813    3954
Coeur d"Alene, ID                            34369   33306       0     581     482
College Station-Bryan, TX                     8955    8955       0       0       0
Colorado Springs,* CO                        94981   94981       0       0       0
Columbia, MO                                 25165   21468     697       0    3000
Columbia,* SC                                67125   63218       0       0    3907
Columbus, GA-AL                              17924   16895    1029       0       0
Columbus, IN                                  4758    4758       0       0       0
Columbus, OH                                201318  182239     595    1011   17473
Corpus Christi, TX                           17526   17213     313       0       0
Corvallis,* OR                                7293    7293       0       0       0
Cumberland, MD-WV                             2412    2412       0       0       0
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington,* TX            719229  698134    2007     322   18766
Dalton,* GA                                   7474    7474       0       0       0
Danville, IL                                    83      83       0       0       0
Danville,* VA                                 3615    3615       0       0       0
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island,  IA-IL         11586   11041     545       0       0
Dayton, OH                                   42633   34651     334    4194    3454
Decatur, AL                                   3654    3654       0       0       0
Decatur, IL                                   5176    4771       0       0     405
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach,*
  FL                                         83196   77530       0       0    5666
Denver-Aurora,* CO                          314356  275498    1661    6284   30913
Des Moines, IA                               69629   67676     456       0    1497
Detroit-Warren-Livonia,* MI                 306940  259525    1190    4793   41432
Dothan, AL                                    2649    2649       0       0       0
Dover,* DE                                   24091   20851       0       0    3240
Dubuque, IA                                   4399    3984     415       0       0
Duluth, MN-WI                                19030   18612     257       0     161
Durham,* NC                                  79119   71148     269       0    7702
Eau Claire, WI                               14620   12918    1380       0     322
El Centro,* CA                               32958   32313       0     414     231
El Paso, TX                                   8365    5086       0    3279       0
Elizabethtown, KY                            12071   10391     180       0    1500
Elkhart-Goshen, IN                           17390   13972     793       0    2625
Elmira, NY                                     974     557       0       0     417
Erie, PA                                      5860    5686       0       0     174
Eugene-Springfield,* OR                      25619   24122    1209     288       0
Evansville, IN-KY                            18471   18245      90     136       0
Fairbanks,* AK                                5691    4496     590     605       0
Fargo, ND-MN                                 25551   20638     313     550    4050
Farmington,* NM                               4353    4353       0       0       0
Fayetteville, NC                             41527   28197       0       0   13330
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers,
  AR-MO                                      74192   43559    1360    2257   27016
Flagstaff, AZ                                13623   13623       0       0       0
Flint,* MI                                   30786   30786       0       0       0
Florence, SC                                  2358    2358       0       0       0
Fond du Lac, WI                               3156    3156       0       0       0
Fort Collins-Loveland,* CO                   35061   32348     548    1103    1062
Fort Smith, AR-OK                             7690    6853     694     143       0
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin,*
  FL                                         26492   26074       0     165     253
Fort Wayne, IN                               35042   35042       0       0       0
Fresno,* CA                                  91244   79685    1824    4268    5467
Gadsden, AL                                   1867    1867       0       0       0
Gainesville, FL                              16535   14195       0     161    2179
Gainesville, GA                              24915   24440       0       0     475
Glens Falls, NY                               9068    8514     360      78     116
Goldsboro,* NC                                6394    6268     126       0       0
Grand Forks, ND-MN                            1781    1781       0       0       0
Grand Junction,* CO                          18237   18014     223       0       0
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI                     60515   55529       0       0    4986
Great Falls, MT                               2932    2932       0       0       0
Greeley,* CO                                 62938   53642     278    6314    2704
Green Bay, WI                                22865   18779    1625    1325    1136
Greensboro-High Point,* NC                   74754   74354       0       0     400
Greenville, NC                               11951    9969     382       0    1600
Greenville,* SC                              44354   43978     219       0     157
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS                          14452   11892      43     502    2015
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV                36463   34393     759     135    1176
Hanford-Corcoran, CA                          5546    4961       0     164     421
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA                      18869   18444       0     425       0
Harrisonburg,* VA                             8382    7492     890       0       0
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford,*
  CT                                         50667   49339     279       0    1049
Hattiesburg, MS                               1251    1251       0       0       0
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC                 22986   22986       0       0       0
Hinesville-Fort Stewart,* GA                  2887    2887       0       0       0
Holland-Grand Haven,* MI                     30091   24105    1196    2099    2691
Honolulu,* HI                                59638   35704       0    2898   21036
Hot Springs, AR                               1312    1312       0       0       0
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA                9005    9005       0       0       0
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX              518254  471105    1064       0   46085
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH                   822     822       0       0       0
Huntsville, AL                               11469    6899       0       0    4570
Idaho Falls, ID                               8068    7904     164       0       0
Indianapolis,* IN                           189592  182753    1959    1757    3123
Iowa City, IA                                16998    9802       0       0    7196
Ithaca, NY                                    3117    2700     100       0     317
Jackson, MI                                   4235    3395       0       0     840
Jackson, MS                                  52420   51095       0     330     995
Jackson, TN                                   7570    7570       0       0       0
Jacksonville,* FL                           239800  165676     427    3200   70497
Jacksonville, NC                             21537    9867       0       0   11670
Janesville, WI                                7269    6659     210     225     175
Jefferson City, MO                            3824    3824       0       0       0
Johnson City, TN                             16562   16562       0       0       0
Johnstown, PA                                  298     298       0       0       0
Jonesboro, AR                                 4668    4587      81       0       0
Joplin, MO                                    1720    1720       0       0       0
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI                        24383   17100    1841    3376    2066
Kankakee-Bradley,* IL                         9430    8927     183     320       0
Kansas City,* MO-KS                         185401  171779    2388    6663    4571
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA                 32565   30933     196       0    1436
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX                 28957   24159    1652    2766     380
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA              9334    8984       0       0     350
Kingston, NY                                 12703    9666       0     237    2800
Knoxville, TN                                57072   44981       0       0   12091
Kokomo, IN                                    4927    4627     300       0       0
La Crosse, WI-MN                             12390   10692       0       0    1698
Lafayette, IN                                14470   13715     755       0       0
Lafayette, LA                                22175   22175       0       0       0
Lake Charles, LA                              9763    8557      81     154     971
Lakeland,* FL                                66013   65014     999       0       0
Lancaster, PA                                20293   17890     688       0    1715
Lansing-East Lansing, MI                     21525   19547     384       0    1594
Laredo,* TX                                  13058   12711       0     122     225
Las Cruces,* NM                              20096   20096       0       0       0
Las Vegas-Paradise,* NV                     363915  358409       0       0    5506
Lawrence, KS                                  7344    6612     732       0       0
Lawton, OK                                    1457    1457       0       0       0
Lebanon, PA                                   5929    5929       0       0       0
Lewiston, ID-WA                                724     724       0       0       0
Lewiston-Auburn, ME                           6101    6101       0       0       0
Lexington-Fayette, KY                        44570   41620       0    1650    1300
Lima, OH                                      1744    1744       0       0       0
Lincoln, NE                                  27966   26318     308       0    1340
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR            60304   51607      55       0    8642
Logan, UT-ID                                 10245    9061     736     448       0
Longview, TX                                  1823    1823       0       0       0
Longview, WA                                  5142    4624     158     360       0
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana,*
  CA                                        384559  288432    6040    4374   85713
Louisville, KY-IN                           108571  103565     502     965    3539
Lubbock, TX                                  39665   14989    5160       0   19516
Lynchburg, VA                                18114   17214       0       0     900
Macon, GA                                    11376    8665     155     984    1572
Madera,* CA                                  18730   18617     113       0       0
Madison, WI                                  67313   55734    2248    2265    7066
Manchester-Nashua, NH                        26446   22028     501     690    3227
Mansfield,* OH                                4544    3637       0     907       0
McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr,* TX                  42838   39135     702     884    2117
Medford,* OR                                 29441   24838     628    3570     405
Memphis, TN-MS-AR                           171155  146496       0       0   24659
Merced, CA                                   42969   42969       0       0       0
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach,
  FL                                        463309  286402    3971    4629  168307
Michigan City-La Porte, IN                    4051    4051       0       0       0
Midland,* TX                                  3136    3136       0       0       0
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis,* WI           93146   76131    4263     330   12422
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington,*
  MN-WI                                     453449  368331    4087    8472   72559
Missoula,* MT                                 5685    3980     529     264     912
Mobile, AL                                   13793   13793       0       0       0
Modesto, CA                                  69556   67179     200       0    2177
Monroe, LA                                    2294    2294       0       0       0
Monroe,* MI                                  17574   15794       0       0    1780
Montgomery, AL                               13508   13508       0       0       0
Morgantown, WV                                 376     280      96       0       0
Morristown, TN                                6063    5903     160       0       0
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA                   14034   13023    1011       0       0
Muncie, IN                                   10525    4238       0     201    6086
Muskegon-Norton Shores,* MI                   9712    9058     440       0     214
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach,
  SC                                         79478   43531     413     299   35235
Napa,* CA                                    16254   16254       0       0       0
Naples-Marco Island,* FL                    145770  102802    1655    5725   35588
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro,*
  TN                                        182914  170070     867     559   11418
New Haven-Milford,* CT                       31182   28567     642    1973       0
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner,* LA             66581   66581       0       0       0
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,*
  NY-NJ-PA                                  621532  391845   81905   35268  112514
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI                       3727    3727       0       0       0
Norwich-New London,* CT                      18071   16042      65    1593     371
Ocala,* FL                                   56698   55099     752     447     400
Ocean City,* NJ                              27350   14480    7489    1294    4087
Odessa,* TX                                   3968    3968       0       0       0
Ogden-Clearfield, UT                         57680   55639     138    1343     560
Oklahoma City,* OK                           94992   92649     960    1383       0
Olympia,* WA                                 26760   26501     259       0       0
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA                  89689   76964     350    1121   11254
Orlando,* FL                                350772  328306     887     479   21100
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI                           11171    9832     163     220     956
Owensboro, KY                                 2998    2998       0       0       0
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura,* CA            69720   63136     225       0    6359
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville,* FL          104088   98629       0       0    5459
Panama City-Lynn Haven,* FL                  21973   21524       0     449       0
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH                   1345    1345       0       0       0
Pascagoula,* MS                               9625    6914      65       0    2646
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL               53156   45837     398       0    6921
Peoria, IL                                   21058   17846    2386     323     503
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington,*
  PA-NJ-DE-MD                               216271  195721    2038    1765   16747
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ                 853422  829739    3915   10213    9555
Pine Bluff, AR                                1137     961      45      60      71
Pittsburgh, PA                               74472   71402     566    1368    1136
Pittsfield, MA                                3392    3222     170       0       0
Pocatello, ID                                 3579    3579       0       0       0
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce,* FL              92469   88224       0    1751    2494
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford,
  ME                                         46462   41522    1232    2626    1082
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton,* OR-WA        224530  206998    2836    3629   11067
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown,*
  NY                                         48963   44962     155       0    3846
Prescott, AZ                                 35348   34298    1050       0       0
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River,
  RI-MA                                      52379   47028     784     290    4277
Provo-Orem, UT                               69844   61835     584     323    7102
Pueblo,* CO                                   1388    1012     376       0       0
Punta Gorda,* FL                             30768   20694       0     331    9743
Racine,* WI                                  17178   15909     615     350     304
Raleigh-Cary,* NC                           171635  167327     312       0    3996
Rapid City, SD                               12435   11557     231     327     320
Reading, PA                                  13782   13493       0     289       0
Redding,* CA                                 16561   15595       0     519     447
Reno-Sparks,* NV                             84173   83964     209       0       0
Richmond,* VA                               109041  108873     168       0       0
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario,*
  CA                                        713513  669538     764    1470   41741
Roanoke, VA                                  15423   15289     134       0       0
Rochester, MN                                27226   27226       0       0       0
Rochester, NY                                27568   25833     734     413     588
Rockford, IL                                 22169   21949     220       0       0
Rocky Mount, NC                               5381    5219     162       0       0
Rome,* GA                                     6670    4335     640       0    1695
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville,*
  CA                                        357779  356532     203     410     634
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI            7235    7235       0       0       0
Salem,* OR                                   31007   29065    1373       0     569
Salinas, CA                                  25547   25547       0       0       0
Salisbury, MD                                10679    9271     154      73    1181
Salt Lake City,* UT                         120761  111429    1861    1045    6426
San Angelo, TX                                2558    2558       0       0       0
San Antonio, TX                             174720  159695       0    2544   12481
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos,* CA          253687  194466    6265   20167   32789
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont,* CA          375712  239906     811    1967  133028
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara,* CA          65003   64846     157       0       0
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles,* CA             42123   38613     877     547    2086
Sandusky, OH                                  3686    2346       0     220    1120
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta,
  CA                                         21243   10209       0    3380    7654
Santa Cruz-Watsonville,* CA                   8722    8722       0       0       0
Santa Fe,* NM                                 6933    6933       0       0       0
Santa Rosa-Petaluma,* CA                     26585   23357       0       0    3228
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice,* FL              164056  137209     530    3415   22902
Savannah, GA                                 29535   29335       0       0     200
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA                    6057    6057       0       0       0
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue,* WA                283774  226648    5021    6191   45914
Sheboygan, WI                                 6069    4790     479       0     800
Sherman-Denison, TX                            574     574       0       0       0
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA                  22780   22780       0       0       0
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD                          6220    5941     279       0       0
Sioux Falls, SD                              14679    7678       0       0    7001
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI                  17859   13359       0       0    4500
Spartanburg, SC                              15525   15525       0       0       0
Spokane, WA                                  24234   22317     372    1198     347
Springfield, IL                               9184    7287    1044       0     853
Springfield, MA                              17814   17533     281       0       0
Springfield, MO                              43772   39733    1799       0    2240
Springfield, OH                               3701    3701       0       0       0
St. Cloud, MN                                18545   17179       0       0    1366
St. George, UT                               42043   40224     463       0    1356
St. Joseph, MO-KS                             2275    2275       0       0       0
St. Louis,* MO-IL                           205773  190443    3859     741   10730
State College, PA                             5192    5192       0       0       0
Stockton,* CA                               124057  113963       0       0   10094
Sumter,* SC                                   5127    4415     118       0     594
Syracuse, NY                                 12518   11429       0       0    1089
Tallahassee, FL                              10229   10229       0       0       0
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater,* FL        288001  259443    1296     460   26802
Terre Haute, IN                               2917    2725     192       0       0
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR                   3964    2629    1335       0       0
Toledo, OH                                   30046   29546       0       0     500
Topeka, KS                                   15591   15591       0       0       0
Trenton-Ewing,* NJ                            6183    5002     325       0     856
Tucson, AZ                                  150851  140471     608       0    9772
Tulsa, OK                                    57827   56513     703       0     611
Tuscaloosa, AL                               13296   13296       0       0       0
Tyler, TX                                     6675    6352       0       0     323
Utica-Rome, NY                                3340    3340       0       0       0
Valdosta, GA                                  9691    9691       0       0       0
Vallejo-Fairfield,* CA                       45795   34543     470     248   10534
Vero Beach,* FL                              51163   40924       0       0   10239
Victoria, TX                                  1503    1503       0       0       0
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton,* NJ             2410    2410       0       0       0
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News,
  VA-NC                                      89091   85491     960     733    1907
Visalia-Porterville, CA                      29502   28290     184     530     498
Waco, TX                                      9451    8916     535       0       0
Warner Robins, GA                            16665   15690       0     585     390
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,*
  DC-VA-MD-WV                               421418  378253       0       0   43165
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA                      7027    6517     510       0       0
Wausau, WI                                   12792   12160     632       0       0
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH                   1501    1266       0       0     235
Wenatchee, WA                                11614   10121       0    1493       0
Wheeling, WV-OH                                378     378       0       0       0
Wichita Falls, TX                             1990    1990       0       0       0
Wichita, KS                                  31582   31054     528       0       0
Williamsport, PA                               285     285       0       0       0
Wilmington,* NC                              97737   89977    1128    1562    5070
Winchester, VA-WV                            24144   24144       0       0       0
Winston-Salem,* NC                           50413   42464       0       0    7949
Worcester, MA                                63393   50816    1332    1713    9532
Yakima, WA                                    4686    3640    1046       0       0
York-Hanover, PA                             22997   22351       0       0     646
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA            17171   16181     780     210       0
Yuba City-Marysville, CA                     37146   37146       0       0       0
Yuma, AZ                                     30025   30025       0       0       0
 
* - Metropolitan areas where all permit offices are 
    requested to report monthly.