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

           December  1998

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

 United States          12906898  10849549   199486    182894   1674969

 Northeast               1286185   1118041    36807     22246    109091
   New England            459344    423163     7594      5732     22855
     Connecticut          126549    113229      920       253     12147
     Maine                 49318     48344      328       297       349
     Massachusetts        196017    179677     4857      3567      7916
     New Hampshire         50956     46921     1080      1437      1518
     Rhode Island          21595     21370        0         0       225
     Vermont               14908     13622      408       178       700

   Middle Atlantic        826841    694878    29213     16514     86236
     New Jersey           228386    212392     8968      1360      5666
     New York             298130    226261    18407     10849     42613
     Pennsylvania         300325    256225     1838      4305     37957

 Midwest                 2722716   2201656    83025     74622    363413
   East North Central    1843533   1529922    44590     56323    212698
     Illinois             423682    347398     7847     15302     53135
     Indiana              372087    290315     9940      8794     63038
     Michigan             422358    376986     2816      4440     38116
     Ohio                 389560    343777     7665     17575     20543
     Wisconsin            235847    171446    16322     10212     37867

   West North Central     879185    671734    38436     18300    150715
     Iowa                 114675     80477      628      4273     29297
     Kansas               160601    118690    13103      2860     25948
     Minnesota            298800    232838    15850      9817     40295
     Missouri             195684    166095     7506       840     21243
     Nebraska              75703     47372      896       161     27274
     North Dakota          12723     10381      337       348      1657
     South Dakota          20996     15880      115         0      5001

 South                   5299771   4525100    28467     34085    712119
   South Atlantic        3414091   2912204    16359     24709    460819
     Delaware              34612     34263        0         0       349
     Dist. of Columbia     15165     15165        0         0         0
     Florida             1086801    838876     4829     16284    226812
     Georgia              723655    658973     1116       598     62968
     Maryland             221818    188146     1040      1202     31430
     North Carolina       671188    594692     3734      4397     68365
     South Carolina       275550    233444     1848      1572     38686
     Virginia             360823    326030     3675       434     30684
     West Virginia         24478     22615      115       223      1525

   East South Central     598462    519819     4504      6729     67410
     Alabama              119971    107554      598      2260      9559
     Kentucky             148619    130342     2064      3042     13171
     Mississippi           82299     52394        0       477     29428
     Tennessee            247574    229529     1842       950     15253

   West South Central    1287218   1093077     7604      2647    183890
     Arkansas              55242     50807     1026       475      2934
     Louisiana            104289    103620      306       200       163
     Oklahoma              90770     87051      443       105      3171
     Texas               1036918    851599     5829      1867    177623

 West                    3598224   3004751    51187     51941    490345
   Mountain              1650047   1357361    20287     16313    256086
     Arizona              545597    480567     1211      1697     62122
     Colorado             477618    377839    11339      8075     80365
     Idaho                 70983     64184     1079       720      5000
     Montana               11873      8657     1830       556       830
     Nevada               315225    226200     1709       525     86791
     New Mexico            81582     77214        0       339      4029
     Utah                 138672    114997     3119      4401     16155
     Wyoming                8498      7703        0         0       795

   Pacific               1948176   1647390    30899     35627    234260
     Alaska                15359     11701     1404      1708       546
     California          1435806   1223675    15533     20852    175746
     Hawaii                29663     27514      171         0      1978
     Oregon               189151    150778     3012      5836     29525
     Washington           278197    233723    10780      7230     26464