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

           September 1998 Year-to-Date

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


 United States         123626726 107102485  1648028   1703552  13172661

 Northeast              12306165  10923307   251577    160811    970470
   New England           4288433   3901437    50706     45748    290542
     Connecticut         1135952   1010796     7416      8938    108802
     Maine                423521    396108     5451      2023     19939
     Massachusetts       1861887   1683261    26214     26409    126003
     New Hampshire        476003    451791     3381      6714     14117
     Rhode Island         202279    196160     3784      1080      1255
     Vermont              188789    163321     4460       584     20424

   Middle Atlantic       8017731   7021869   200870    115063    679929
     New Jersey          2066323   1884509    35997      8870    136947
     New York            2827214   2243275   138840     64413    380686
     Pennsylvania        3124194   2894085    26033     41780    162296

 Midwest                25769226  22793206   603538    500832   1871650
   East North Central   18350736  16343535   393731    358050   1255420
     Illinois            4177156   3725843    67033    114702    269578
     Indiana             3231453   2971841    58751     21163    179698
     Michigan            4315226   3885992    47529     57218    324487
     Ohio                4157634   3727730   105754    106689    217461
     Wisconsin           2469268   2032130   114664     58278    264196

   West North Central    7418490   6449671   209807    142782    616230
     Iowa                 986663    797639    17249     22435    149340
     Kansas              1051571    941495    38691     18672     52713
     Minnesota           2557102   2265274    65467     57082    169279
     Missouri            1801931   1605460    59666     30294    106511
     Nebraska             603033    497344    14031      5361     86297
     North Dakota         179952    133528     9740      2445     34239
     South Dakota         238239    208932     4963      6493     17851

 South                  50396518  43092769   375625    552158   6375966
   South Atlantic       31056939  26680084   216534    319478   3840843
     Delaware             338765    307168     1722      5307     24568
     Dist. of Columbia     15852      9081      116         0      6655
     Florida            10419444   8190393    87571    205649   1935831
     Georgia             6039541   5411560    25797     24761    577423
     Maryland            2226758   1971217     7769     10319    237453
     North Carolina      6037432   5451046    37342     38026    511018
     South Carolina      2188324   1890649    29925     17863    249887
     Virginia            3548143   3224269    25540     17240    281094
     West Virginia        242676    224700      751       313     16912

   East South Central    6119898   5366326    68125     45565    639882
     Alabama             1333420   1126383    13972      7031    186034
     Kentucky            1349301   1171749    26859     23166    127527
     Mississippi          640815    549187     5250      1267     85111
     Tennessee           2796361   2519006    22044     14101    241210

   West South Central   13219682  11046360    90966    187115   1895241
     Arkansas             636637    557455    14670     14247     50265
     Louisiana           1126021   1041015    12266     11220     61520
     Oklahoma             960610    800447    10775      1746    147642
     Texas              10496415   8647443    53256    159902   1635814

 West                   35154819  30293203   417289    489752   3954575
   Mountain             15258730  13272859   155250    151048   1679573
     Arizona             5013955   4529975    15360     28265    440355
     Colorado            4409124   3654247    67038     56231    631608
     Idaho                900877    851334    13972      6693     28878
     Montana              155335    127356     8029      6256     13694
     Nevada              2287513   1891383     2365     17859    375906
     New Mexico           756434    715711     3363      4393     32967
     Utah                1524599   1309965    33660     30946    150028
     Wyoming              210888    192887    11461       405      6135

   Pacific              19896091  17020345   262040    338704   2275002
     Alaska               325820    256758    15382     25213     28467
     California         13357692  11718914    98513    185015   1355250
     Hawaii               358491    329219     8172      3484     17616
     Oregon              2192790   1776947    60988     44483    310372
     Washington          3661296   2938506    78984     80509    563297