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  Building Permits Survey (BPS)
 The purpose of the Building Permits Survey (BPS) is to provide national, state, and local statistics on new privately-owned residential construction. The United States Code, Title 13, authorizes this survey, provides for voluntary responses, and provides an exception to confidentiality for public records. Data are available monthly, year-to-date, and annually at the national, state, CBSA (formerly MSA), county and place levels.
**2/26/2024 Notice:** Revisions observed in the January 2024 Northeast totals are primarily attributable to a revised report from New York City.  We are working with the local jurisdiction to evaluate the impact and incorporate any additional revisions for periods prior to January 2024 as necessary.
**Special Announcement:**
 1/25/2024 - Metropolitain and Micropolitan area data changes
 Available Data
 Current (2019 - present)				    Download our latest U.S., Region, State, and CBSA (formerly MSA) -level data in excel format.  Revised permits are usually released on the 17th workday of the month.  (See Release Schedule for actual dates.)
 Historical (1995 - 2019)				    Download historical State and MSA-level data in text format.
 ASCII files by State, CBSA, County or Place				    Download detailed State, CBSA (formerly MSA), County, or Place level data in comma-delimited text format.  (See the documentation folder for instructions on how to convert text files into excel format.)
 Annual Tables, Charts, and Graphs				    View charts, maps, and graphs from the latest annual release.  Annual data are released on the first workday of May for the previous year.
 Data Visualizations				    Explore building permits data with infographics and visualizations.
 Announcements				    View current or previous announcements related to the Building Permits Survey.
Annual estimates for 2022 were released on May 1, 2023.
 Related Information
 New Residential Construction press release				    Preliminary building permits for U.S. and Regions are included in Table 1 of the New Residential Construction report.  This is usually released on the 12th workday of the month.  (See release schedule for actual dates.)
 Time Series/Trend Charts tool				    Create your own customizable time series.  Data is available at U.S. and Census Region level from 1960 - present.


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