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

           October   1998 Year-to-Date

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

 United States         138624088 119743570  1837446   1939746  15103326

 Northeast              13895419  12268092   281556    183164   1162607
   New England           4794375   4364075    56874     46643    326783
     Connecticut         1272309   1136885     8539      8938    117947
     Maine                479548    448192     6000      2374     22982
     Massachusetts       2067222   1863958    30150     26820    146294
     New Hampshire        536228    507756     3597      6848     18027
     Rhode Island         232720    225981     4179      1080      1480
     Vermont              206350    181303     4410       584     20053

   Middle Atlantic       9101045   7904018   224682    136521    835824
     New Jersey          2364980   2145844    46573     12238    160325
     New York            3240738   2532631   150155     78840    479112
     Pennsylvania        3495326   3225543    27954     45442    196387

 Midwest                29186440  25709563   673382    571672   2231823
   East North Central   20807483  18448430   435808    415451   1507794
     Illinois            4724515   4170092    70926    124678    358819
     Indiana             3642066   3328546    71516     26123    215881
     Michigan            4859046   4371139    50971     63678    373258
     Ohio                4726264   4239667   116508    130373    239716
     Wisconsin           2855593   2338986   125887     70600    320120

   West North Central    8378957   7261133   237574    156221    724029
     Iowa                1141887    909487    21047     25471    185882
     Kansas              1185106   1057779    43757     18852     64718
     Minnesota           2897789   2561299    77121     64985    194384
     Missouri            2006535   1790575    66425     31993    117542
     Nebraska             670121    553497    14523      5439     96662
     North Dakota         209921    155461     9740      3237     41483
     South Dakota         267599    233036     4963      6243     23357

 South                  56206045  47905859   417945    611762   7270479
   South Atlantic       34741228  29761984   247877    358771   4372596
     Delaware             387676    354149     1722      5307     26498
     Dist. of Columbia     18079     11308      116         0      6655
     Florida            11665511   9106325   101747    231155   2226284
     Georgia             6718481   6013867    28844     28127    647643
     Maryland            2521618   2227754     9236     10763    273865
     North Carolina      6703370   6075038    42999     42241    543092
     South Carolina      2483515   2129183    34652     20951    298729
     Virginia            3972873   3596664    27709     18910    329590
     West Virginia        270106    247697      853      1317     20239

   East South Central    6770318   5933058    72729     52729    711802
     Alabama             1489657   1245211    14290      8655    221501
     Kentucky            1491837   1302898    29159     25718    134062
     Mississippi          716026    612892     5333      3246     94555
     Tennessee           3072799   2772057    23947     15110    261685

   West South Central   14694499  12210817    97339    200262   2186081
     Arkansas             705427    614396    15782     16444     58805
     Louisiana           1261010   1168906    13420     11520     67164
     Oklahoma            1090239    885814    11693      1746    190986
     Texas              11637822   9541701    56443    170553   1869125

 West                   39336182  33860055   464562    573148   4438417
   Mountain             16981470  14821959   168504    187450   1803557
     Arizona             5563650   5054139    18910     37359    453242
     Colorado            4858230   4078758    71370     65618    642484
     Idaho               1004154    949189    15195      8301     31469
     Montana              178866    143100     8503      7458     19805
     Nevada              2584408   2116208     2995     26871    438334
     New Mexico           842549    798679     2962      4629     36279
     Utah                1716017   1467408    37058     36632    174919
     Wyoming              233593    214478    11509       582      7024

   Pacific              22354714  19038097   296058    385698   2634861
     Alaska               347116    273654    15844     28516     29102
     California         15033327  13166571   114588    205171   1546997
     Hawaii               392731    361192     8514      3484     19541
     Oregon              2410129   1975109    69564     50668    314788
     Washington          4171408   3261569    87548     97859    724432