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

           November  1999 Year-to-Date

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


 United States         165301107 143955549  2153734   2084239  17107585

 Northeast              16673880  14664821   375154    239865   1394040
   New England           5585157   5092943    78890     45919    367405
     Connecticut         1396423   1305900     6236      3060     81227
     Maine                555964    535463     7100      2588     10813
     Massachusetts       2380223   2084229    46071     31530    218393
     New Hampshire        684411    654735    11076      5911     12689
     Rhode Island         301106    268672     3839       575     28020
     Vermont              267030    243945     4568      2255     16262

   Middle Atlantic      11088724   9571878   296264    193946   1026636
     New Jersey          2926288   2597478    72106     11798    244906
     New York            4000774   3138161   201203    132387    529023
     Pennsylvania        4161660   3836239    22955     49760    252706

 Midwest                35540304  31369219   773894    596231   2800960
   East North Central   25335677  22426701   492397    438158   1978421
     Illinois            5910778   5154007    88088    137143    531540
     Indiana             4426188   4052313    85652     34947    253276
     Michigan            5643798   5152154    61952     59993    369699
     Ohio                5931761   5221020   100066    117826    492849
     Wisconsin           3423150   2847206   156639     88248    331057

   West North Central   10204626   8942518   281496    158073    822539
     Iowa                1281419   1136227    25208     24115     95869
     Kansas              1454451   1263732    48678     12369    129672
     Minnesota           3719143   3246885    91455     70784    310019
     Missouri            2400748   2159551    86379     35704    119114
     Nebraska             800097    693074    17586      2450     86987
     North Dakota         225830    170753     7243      2677     45157
     South Dakota         322939    272296     4949      9973     35721

 South                  66953483  57600356   451270    693264   8208593
   South Atlantic       42342150  35927380   270292    477239   5667239
     Delaware             456409    439294        0      1615     15500
     Dist. of Columbia     51935     34719      357       170     16689
     Florida            14669169  11195548   125512    267759   3080350
     Georgia             8060285   7242211    45762     57230    715082
     Maryland            2779575   2545444     5245      2254    226632
     North Carolina      7910670   7036915    47855     58414    767486
     South Carolina      3274246   2809999    24471     29699    410077
     Virginia            4769841   4304971    18720     30404    415746
     West Virginia        370018    318279     2370     29693     19676

   East South Central    8036307   7284962    61950     72392    617003
     Alabama             1755371   1577690    11104     11105    155472
     Kentucky            1673249   1477447    26696     27531    141575
     Mississippi          893457    796916     4433     13660     78448
     Tennessee           3714229   3432908    19717     20095    241509

   West South Central   16575028  14388014   119028    143634   1924352
     Arkansas             920025    795685    14763     20127     89450
     Louisiana           1528843   1363857    15752     23175    126059
     Oklahoma            1270381   1153859     7227      4154    105141
     Texas              12855779  11074613    81286     96178   1603702

 West                   46133441  40321153   553417    554879   4703992
   Mountain             19484010  17405946   243690    231227   1603147
     Arizona             6670273   6096410    27636     45250    500977
     Colorado            5674540   4988012   149970     73051    463507
     Idaho               1216747   1136028    12911      9177     58631
     Montana              198824    151629     9852     12230     25113
     Nevada              2690581   2259478     2818     23526    404759
     New Mexico           988169    943592     1838     10402     32337
     Utah                1791029   1602350    36246     43829    108604
     Wyoming              253846    228448     2419     13761      9218

   Pacific              26649432  22915207   309727    323653   3100845
     Alaska               297590    226778    22279      8020     40513
     California         18962693  16616560   117223    196672   2032238
     Hawaii               519158    473150     5724      3899     36385
     Oregon              2492832   2121029    75283     56148    240372
     Washington          4377156   3477689    89218     58913    751336