Housing Permits

Iowa New Residential Housing Permits
Year-to-Date September							Over-the-Year Change
Units	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	% Chg 07-08 YTD	Sep. 08	Sep. 07	% Chg 07-08
Number of Permits
Total	11,777	13,022	9,844	8,678	5,848	-32.6%	729	1,060	-31.2%
1	9,401	9,898	7,960	6,750	4,564	-32.4%	573	726	-21.1%
2	356	236	244	174	154	-11.5%	12	22	-45.5%
3-4	260	389	216	266	172	-35.3%	12	28	-57.1%
5+	1,760	2,499	1,424	1,488	958	-35.6%	132	284	-53.5%
Value of Permits ($1,000s)
Total	1,613,641	1,818,305	1,468,925	1,358,493	919,302	-32.3%	115,509	150,112	-23.1%
1	1,437,187	1,574,431	1,302,620	1,178,214	790,887	-32.9%	104,130	130,951	-20.5%
2	35,109	22,990	27,438	18,836	16,238	-13.8%	1,457	2,476	-41.2%
3-4	19,315	28,285	18,321	25,510	11,674	-54.2%	596	2,442	-75.6%
5+	122,030	192,599	120,546	135,933	100,503	-26.1%	9,326	14,243	-34.5%