Housing Permits

Iowa New Residential Housing Permits
Year-to-Date March							Over-the-Year Change
Units	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	% Chg 07-08 YTD	Mar 08	Mar 07	% Chg 07-08
Number of Permits
Total	2,836	3,179	2,742	2,016	1,411	-30.0%	630	1,186	-46.9%
1	2,109	2,339	2,224	1,514	1,059	-30.1%	542	785	-31.0%
2	66	70	54	30	22	-26.7%	8	12	-33.3%
3-4	41	88	34	49	64	30.6%	46	23	100.0%
5+	620	682	430	423	266	-37.1%	34	366	-90.7%
Value of Permits ($1,000s)
Total	372,822	438,175	405,552	304,742	217,299	-28.7%	98,841	177,174	-44.2%
1	322,416	379,401	359,951	256,995	173,261	-32.6%	92,679	138,815	-33.2%
2	6,841	6,629	6,297	3,531	3,451	-2.3%	855	1,423	-39.9%
3-4	3,200	6,307	2,615	3,709	4,573	23.3%	2,801	2,167	29.3%
5+	40,365	45,838	36,689	40,507	36,014	-11.1%	2,506	34,769	-92.8%