Housing Permits

Iowa New Residential Housing Permits
Year-to-Date July							Over-the-Year Change
Units	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	% Chg 09-10 YTD	July 10	July 09	% Chg 09-10
Number of Permits
Total	7,888	6,763	4,456	3,473	4,380	26.1%	667	764	-12.7%
1	6,290	5,220	3,482	3,001	3,499	16.6%	496	608	-18.4%
2	182	138	104	94	146	55.3%	16	18	-11.1%
3-4	133	207	140	97	146	50.5%	0	15	-100.0%
5+	1,283	1,198	730	281	589	109.6%	155	123	26.0%
Value of Permits ($1,000s)
Total	1,168,871	1,064,411	700,881	574,455	717,914	25.0%	100,735	123,822	-18.6%
1	1,027,276	907,621	597,374	533,266	628,033	17.8%	87,604	109,261	-19.8%
2	19,816	15,220	10,944	9,217	14,935	62.0%	1,538	1,758	-12.5%
3-4	11,820	20,208	9,647	6,709	16,648	148.1%	0	970	-100.0%
5+	109,959	121,362	82,916	25,263	58,301	130.8%	11,593	11,833	-2.0%