Housing Permits

Iowa New Residential Housing Permits
Year-to-Date April							Over-the-Year Change
Units	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	% Chg 12-13 YTD	Apr. 12	Apr.13	% Chg 12-13
Number of Permits
Total	1,305	2,242	2,203	2,231	2,579	15.6%	815	1,005	23.3%
1	1,211	1,762	1,467	1,786	2,013	12.7%	693	802	15.7%
2	40	98	36	40	66	65.0%	26	42	61.5%
3-4	27	58	40	30	47	56.7%	14	10	-28.6%
5+	27	324	660	375	453	20.8%	82	151	84.1%
Value of Permits ($1,000s)
Total	221,778	373,909	343,129	398,530	519,086	30.3%	153,078	231,361	51.1%
1	214,078	316,814	280,157	353,768	418,471	18.3%	140,192	169,179	20.7%
2	4,156	10,532	3,310	3,894	8,234	111.5%	2,326	5,913	154.2%
3-4	1,813	7,481	2,609	2,646	4,549	71.9%	1,212	828	-31.7%
5+	1,731	39,082	57,053	38,222	87,832	129.8%	9,348	55,441	493.1%