Housing Permits

Iowa New Residential Housing Permits
Year-to-Date September							Over-the-Year Change
Units	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	% Chg 08-09 YTD	Sep. 09	Sep. 08	% Chg 08-09
Number of Permits
Total	13,022	9,844	8,678	5,848	4,960	-15.2%	894	729	22.6%
1	9,898	7,960	6,750	4,564	4,126	-9.6%	559	573	-2.4%
2	236	244	174	154	148	-3.9%	44	12	266.7%
3-4	389	216	266	172	143	-16.9%	34	12	183.3%
5+	2,499	1,424	1,488	958	543	-43.3%	257	132	94.7%
Value of Permits ($1,000s)
Total	1,818,305	1,468,925	1,358,493	919,302	822,296	-10.6%	143,019	115,509	23.8%
1	1,574,431	1,302,620	1,178,214	790,887	737,682	-6.7%	102,678	104,130	-1.4%
2	22,990	27,438	18,836	16,238	15,139	-6.8%	4,305	1,457	195.5%
3-4	28,285	18,321	25,510	11,674	11,246	-3.7%	3,373	596	465.9%
5+	192,599	120,546	135,933	100,503	58,229	-42.1%	32,663	9,326	250.2%