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

           March     1999 Year-to-Date

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


 United States          39257140  33981939   503219    504566   4267416

 Northeast               3524242   3063456   112060     42920    305806
   New England           1150319   1040748    20500     10150     78921
     Connecticut          291975    260899     1756       358     28962
     Maine                 87235     81113     2468       437      3217
     Massachusetts        527051    469153    10297      6587     41014
     New Hampshire        145154    136673     2268      2147      4066
     Rhode Island          57858     55495     2067        71       225
     Vermont               41045     37414     1644       550      1437

   Middle Atlantic       2373922   2022708    91560     32769    226885
     New Jersey           671291    578380    19568      2916     70427
     New York             804181    606927    67095     19663    110496
     Pennsylvania         898449    837400     4896     10191     45962

 Midwest                 7111274   6308070   148838    135955    518411
   East North Central    5018763   4485981    87725    104195    340862
     Illinois            1182960   1023037    17721     33588    108614
     Indiana              921684    876626    13843     10773     20442
     Michigan            1074180   1001607     7245     11224     54104
     Ohio                1175611   1043869    18432     27108     86202
     Wisconsin            664328    540842    30483     21502     71501

   West North Central    2092512   1822089    61114     31760    177549
     Iowa                 242931    218913     6818      1095     16105
     Kansas               346628    302722     9284      4178     30444
     Minnesota            647638    554969    16122     13376     63171
     Missouri             594188    539984    22097      7209     24898
     Nebraska             184162    142856     5650      1037     34619
     North Dakota          19066     15603      303       150      3010
     South Dakota          57897     47041      839      4716      5301

 South                  17571216  14994521   117661    172329   2286705
   South Atlantic       11042530   9294951    69240    123167   1555172
     Delaware             146527    128991        0         0     17536
     Dist. of Columbia     26476     10605        0       170     15701
     Florida             3880752   2862411    34945     78527    904869
     Georgia             2136258   1990639     9393      8020    128206
     Maryland             637035    592930     1383      1456     41266
     North Carolina      1964416   1765543    10102     24178    164593
     South Carolina       925372    753104     7171      5840    159257
     Virginia            1255067   1125692     5371      4875    119129
     West Virginia         70627     65037      875       100      4615

   East South Central    1997516   1847062    12212     14648    123594
     Alabama              472383    412950     2611      1559     55263
     Kentucky             402602    374682     5689      5671     16560
     Mississippi          230006    210187      494      3046     16279
     Tennessee            892524    849242     3419      4372     35491

   West South Central    4531168   3852507    36209     34513    607939
     Arkansas             223684    197110     3509      2245     20820
     Louisiana            416775    358468     5451      3186     49670
     Oklahoma             356538    302347     2510       952     50729
     Texas               3534172   2994583    24738     28130    486721

 West                   11050408   9615893   124659    153362   1156494
   Mountain              4986642   4448739    50132     60074    427697
     Arizona             1784994   1640249     5494     13257    125994
     Colorado            1378808   1199824    25043     19263    134678
     Idaho                238586    232339     4080      1784       383
     Montana               43021     30620     2473      2294      7634
     Nevada               797538    662761      603     12488    121686
     New Mexico           245318    241511      336       673      2798
     Utah                 443873    393114    12013     10181     28565
     Wyoming               54503     48320       90       133      5960

   Pacific               6063766   5167155    74527     93288    728796
     Alaska                52594     33943     5782      1340     11529
     California          4239431   3671927    26822     67397    473285
     Hawaii               127759    117762      660         0      9337
     Oregon               627905    523863    23083     10507     70452
     Washington          1016075    819659    18179     14044    164193