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

           September 1997 Year-to-Date

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


 United States         106455806  91815448  1687784   1554624  11397950

 Northeast              10705919   9436013   217249    118680    933977
   New England           3635167   3347377    39113     29324    219353
     Connecticut          919570    821971     6453      6073     85073
     Maine                322562    312272     5027      1404      3859
     Massachusetts       1639208   1522322    22162     14559     80165
     New Hampshire        414366    370410     2151      3542     38263
     Rhode Island         178873    170368     1549       891      6065
     Vermont              160588    150034     1771      2855      5928

   Middle Atlantic       7070752   6088636   178136     89356    714624
     New Jersey          1790758   1681113    34412      7292     67941
     New York            2333088   1841174   110479     51603    329832
     Pennsylvania        2946906   2566349    33245     30461    316851

 Midwest                22898324  19804513   608994    527838   1956979
   East North Central   16443551  14364806   413725    391198   1273822
     Illinois            3910193   3273796    83480    118046    434871
     Indiana             2869030   2603472    67783     21799    175976
     Michigan            3847289   3492870    50133     73531    230755
     Ohio                3632333   3211604    82615    117766    220348
     Wisconsin           2184706   1783064   129714     60056    211872

   West North Central    6454773   5439707   195269    136640    683157
     Iowa                 897545    700338    14043     16336    166828
     Kansas               957970    810930    41554     12740     92746
     Minnesota           2067091   1808291    40529     58035    160236
     Missouri            1653738   1441124    72026     34184    106404
     Nebraska             550517    423390    14321      6194    106612
     North Dakota         130155     87474     4992      1708     35981
     South Dakota         197757    168160     7804      7443     14350

 South                  42204617  36179629   381988    422621   5220379
   South Atlantic       26528158  22716590   215443    290273   3305852
     Delaware             289761    272011     1090      3292     13368
     Dist. of Columbia         0         0        0         0         0
     Florida             9274356   7239559    85939    163102   1785756
     Georgia             4955677   4402814    34694     49152    469017
     Maryland            1717740   1608162     3762      5657    100159
     North Carolina      4988585   4490750    43775     33251    420809
     South Carolina      1944607   1659890    13628     11871    259218
     Virginia            3119349   2840018    30025     19136    230170
     West Virginia        238083    203386     2530      4812     27355

   East South Central    5309960   4704307    84176     58466    463011
     Alabama             1105795    971679    12683      7850    113583
     Kentucky            1135377   1003817    33089     26365     72106
     Mississippi          548985    485245     7138      7984     48618
     Tennessee           2519803   2243566    31266     16267    228704

   West South Central   10366499   8758732    82369     73882   1451516
     Arkansas             607844    493325    16287      8780     89452
     Louisiana           1041793    955048    10119      7407     69219
     Oklahoma             738312    643126     9828      2763     82595
     Texas               7978550   6667233    46135     54932   1210250

 West                   30646946  26395293   479553    485485   3286615
   Mountain             13224838  11531092   163900    181808   1348038
     Arizona             4314903   3861939    19172     23851    409941
     Colorado            3569453   3069464    70348     54380    375261
     Idaho                765689    706623    12573     14235     32258
     Montana              154376    118371    10001      6007     19997
     Nevada              2173820   1775130     6940     49756    341994
     New Mexico           697107    629561     1428      3686     62432
     Utah                1406463   1234825    41344     29159    101135
     Wyoming              143027    135179     2094       734      5020

   Pacific              17422108  14864201   315653    303677   1938577
     Alaska               308123    250840    25302     12376     19605
     California         11157238   9888650    86964    136406   1045218
     Hawaii               421362    289508     3989      6581    121284
     Oregon              2196829   1753601    98359     63412    281457
     Washington          3338556   2681602   101039     84902    471013