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

           July      1998 Year-to-Date

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


 United States          94537947  82532306  1225476   1285029   9495136

 Northeast               9308048   8319535   197274    130425    660814
   New England           3278404   2984561    41140     35617    217086
     Connecticut          884910    777361     7754      6386     93409
     Maine                313557    289633     4516      1085     18323
     Massachusetts       1416728   1297713    20306     21661     77048
     New Hampshire        361660    343217     2581      5016     10846
     Rhode Island         159545    153904     3714      1005       922
     Vermont              142005    122734     2268       464     16539

   Middle Atlantic       6029644   5334974   156134     94808    443728
     New Jersey          1516900   1429234    26287      6735     54644
     New York            2116253   1692874   105380     50075    267924
     Pennsylvania        2396490   2212866    24466     37998    121160

 Midwest                19629842  17496043   433898    348588   1351313
   East North Central   14009845  12568227   286513    252124    902981
     Illinois            3190080   2852969    50509     82083    204519
     Indiana             2488359   2294948    42661     14944    135806
     Michigan            3297155   2997892    37070     43798    218395
     Ohio                3157647   2860007    73201     67453    156986
     Wisconsin           1876605   1562411    83073     43845    187276

   West North Central    5619996   4927815   147385     96464    448332
     Iowa                 727823    601276    12623     18816     95108
     Kansas               826052    741889    30944     12237     40982
     Minnesota           1924538   1703906    42845     36476    141311
     Missouri            1393465   1250054    40530     18819     84062
     Nebraska             453230    378719    10230      4877     59404
     North Dakota         117775     95309     7602      1614     13250
     South Dakota         177114    156662     2611      3625     14216

 South                  38545524  33201394   286363    442503   4615264
   South Atlantic       23583467  20381769   164744    249998   2786956
     Delaware             254460    227456     1722      5307     19975
     Dist. of Columbia     12140      5369      116         0      6655
     Florida             7862953   6264231    62302    156214   1380206
     Georgia             4603419   4130118    20827     19748    432726
     Maryland            1634880   1436599     4516      7719    186046
     North Carolina      4656013   4226749    30458     32546    366260
     South Carolina      1693953   1450411    23378     14780    205384
     Virginia            2683714   2469004    20644     13218    180848
     West Virginia        181934    171832      782       466      8854

   East South Central    4646074   4141795    49667     34229    420383
     Alabama              982921    864949    13102      6122     98748
     Kentucky            1031699    911109    18108     17298     85184
     Mississippi          483192    416211     3710      1342     61929
     Tennessee           2148262   1949526    14747      9467    174522

   West South Central   10315982   8677829    71953    158275   1407925
     Arkansas             509260    433763    13106     11647     50744
     Louisiana            879151    830615     8537     10100     29899
     Oklahoma             743842    633256     9976      1746     98864
     Texas               8183730   6780195    40335    134782   1228418

 West                   27054534  23515335   307941    363513   2867745
   Mountain             11853246  10327482   118148    118068   1289548
     Arizona             3857116   3527488    11806     21262    296560
     Colorado            3458602   2857068    49866     45945    505723
     Idaho                677029    641345    11735      3486     20463
     Montana              121057    100271     5810      4962     10014
     Nevada              1808096   1504589     1560     14903    287044
     New Mexico           595186    549252     2656      4504     38774
     Utah                1174080   1002278    23434     22599    125769
     Wyoming              162075    145190    11280       405      5200

   Pacific              15201289  13187853   189793    245446   1578197
     Alaska               260476    200222    12044     23034     25176
     California         10083769   9020143    63792    121064    878770
     Hawaii               277877    259335     5886      3484      9172
     Oregon              1686582   1387246    46424     33044    219868
     Washington          2892584   2320908    61647     64819    445210