2008-2009 Residential Building Permit Data

This is a summary of Single-Family and Multi-Family building permits issued last year and this year, through the most current month available, in counties in the Northern California regions.

This data was extracted from a report for all the counties in California by the Construction Industry Research Board, and gives a good idea of what new home business is getting ready to be built. Of course, some permits may be pulled early due to proposed fee increases or allotment limits to be imposed by various public agencies. However, most builders will start building within 1 to 3 months of receiving the permits.

Single-Family Permits*

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2009	31	52	62	71	45	62	44	110	68	57	83	117	802	41
Alameda	2008	42	60	42	82	56	71	104	50	74	88	34	58	761	41
Contra Costa	2009	42	41	63	78	111	123	72	74	129	86	99	80	998	13
Contra Costa	2008	113	67	115	66	68	140	112	65	77	89	47	26	985	13
Marin	2009	3	2	5	7	5	2	9	12	8	5	2	4	64	-83
Marin	2008	6	13	20	19	9	18	5	7	22	9	6	13	147	-83
Monterey	2009	7	5	2	2	8	7	10	17	21	28	7	0	114	-125
Monterey	2008	17	21	32	19	26	55	13	5	20	16	7	8	239	-125
San Francisco	2009	0	1	1	1	3	7	2	0	2	1	1	2	21	-31
San Francisco	2008	2	9	6	3	1	2	8	3	2	10	3	3	52	-31
San Mateo	2009	13	8	33	16	11	15	23	14	16	11	19	10	189	-123
San Mateo	2008	28	28	35	26	27	18	21	50	24	28	14	13	312	-123
Santa Clara	2009	30	18	33	50	34	77	63	103	42	67	73	61	651	-603
Santa Clara	2008	80	101	77	104	262	151	100	73	100	94	32	80	1,254	-603
Santa Cruz	2009	6	2	4	11	12	12	10	13	9	11	8	8	106	-88
Santa Cruz	2008	9	29	14	11	25	10	33	23	7	13	9	11	194	-88
Solano	2009	4	24	16	18	42	90	58	74	49	56	50	20	501	178
Solano	2008	7	14	14	36	67	42	31	28	11	32	21	20	323	178
Sonoma	2009	14	21	39	48	26	48	22	18	60	23	9	7	335	-211
Sonoma	2008	31	20	50	49	29	122	75	34	36	31	26	43	546	-211
Bay Area Subtotal	2009	150	174	258	302	297	443	313	435	404	345	351	309	3,781	-1,032
Bay Area Subtotal	2008	335	362	405	415	570	629	502	338	373	410	199	275	4,813	-1,032
El Dorado	2009	18	23	12	12	23	8	9	16	16	10	4	9	160	-219
El Dorado	2008	43	12	27	36	49	38	32	22	56	28	24	12	379	-219
Placer	2009	74	47	81	107	125	159	59	123	58	76	75	72	1,056	-274
Placer	2008	64	64	101	78	153	284	167	85	101	120	61	52	1,330	-274
Sacramento	2009	37	33	89	88	53	125	104	56	58	97	70	72	882	-1,051
Sacramento	2008	116	122	130	232	291	145	143	157	129	121	130	217	1,933	-1,051
Sutter	2009	1	8	0	4	2	3	2	6	8	5	7	3	49	-49
Sutter	2008	5	10	3	11	10	9	12	4	10	9	5	10	98	-49
Yolo	2009	21	19	24	16	21	28	27	17	14	28	10	17	242	-96
Yolo	2008	17	24	24	23	28	28	22	34	45	30	14	49	338	-96
Yuba	2009	1	1	21	9	18	2	10	18	12	5	3	3	103	6
Yuba	2008	15	2	9	9	12	12	7	6	3	13	2	7	97	6
Sacramento Subtotal	2009	152	131	227	236	242	325	211	236	166	221	169	176	2,492	-1,683
Sacramento Subtotal	2008	260	234	294	389	543	516	383	308	344	321	236	347	4,175	-1,683
San Joaquin	2009	50	30	34	78	55	95	66	83	67	65	70	79	772	2
San Joaquin	2008	60	46	81	75	86	92	92	45	62	54	35	42	770	2
Stanislaus	2009	17	11	18	24	31	39	19	16	16	19	17	22	249	-218
Stanislaus	2008	125	17	35	41	38	63	39	14	34	19	22	20	467	-218
Valley Subtotal	2009	67	41	52	102	86	134	85	99	83	84	87	101	1,021	-216
Valley Subtotal	2008	185	63	116	116	124	155	131	59	96	73	57	62	1,237	-216
Totals	2009	369	346	537	640	625	902	609	770	653	650	607	586	7,294	-2,931
Totals	2008	780	659	815	920	1,237	1,300	1,016	705	813	804	492	684	10,225	-2,931

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2009	15	196	51	23	4	18	8	47	14	142	8	0	526	-770
Alameda	2008	41	81	141	152	35	28	107	450	15	71	88	87	1,296	-770
Contra Costa	2009	0	0	34	0	0	8	6	16	22	0	49	20	155	-754
Contra Costa	2008	154	79	105	32	0	29	16	0	16	0	476	2	909	-754
Marin	2009	0	0	82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	97	72
Marin	2008	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	9	0	0	0	25	72
Monterey	2009	0	3	32	40	0	14	0	0	0	6	0	0	95	-74
Monterey	2008	0	0	44	33	0	12	4	72	0	2	2	0	169	-74
San Francisco	2009	2	0	8	15	0	11	19	30	24	12	61	100	282	-2,113
San Francisco	2008	551	68	247	904	81	15	29	36	52	31	73	308	2,395	-2,113
San Mateo	2009	3	0	210	130	4	43	0	0	0	0	0	29	419	-211
San Mateo	2008	2	2	2	0	0	0	492	119	4	0	9	0	630	-211
Santa Clara	2009	2	2	31	0	38	46	8	21	11	9	2	226	396	-2,021
Santa Clara	2008	182	87	112	34	477	43	71	206	322	114	0	769	2,417	-2,021
Santa Cruz	2009	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	-61
Santa Cruz	2008	0	0	0	0	0	17	18	2	0	0	26	0	63	-61
Solano	2009	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	-234
Solano	2008	0	2	0	9	0	0	228	0	0	0	0	0	239	-234
Sonoma	2009	0	0	64	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	26
Sonoma	2008	0	3	6	8	0	0	12	0	14	0	2	0	45	26
Bay Area Subtotal	2009	22	201	512	215	46	140	41	114	71	171	120	395	2,048	-6,140
Bay Area Subtotal	2008	930	322	657	1,172	593	160	977	885	432	218	676	1,166	8,188	-6,140
El Dorado	2009	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-140
El Dorado	2008	0	2	0	0	34	30	36	40	0	0	0	0	142	-140
Placer	2009	6	12	0	156	6	55	6	6	6	0	6	0	259	-124
Placer	2008	0	0	0	6	0	310	6	0	6	0	55	0	383	-124
Sacramento	2009	9	0	0	12	2	9	4	14	0	18	0	173	241	-990
Sacramento	2008	4	129	36	317	49	72	12	9	359	2	201	41	1,231	-990
Sutter	2009	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sutter	2008	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yolo	2009	15	6	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	83
Yolo	2008	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83
Yuba	2009	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-62
Yuba	2008	0	60	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	62	-62
Sacramento Subtotal	2009	30	18	0	230	10	64	10	20	6	18	6	173	585	-1,233
Sacramento Subtotal	2008	4	191	36	323	83	412	56	49	365	2	256	41	1,818	-1,233
San Joaquin	2009	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-54
San Joaquin	2008	46	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	-54
Stanislaus	2009	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	80	61
Stanislaus	2008	0	8	0	8	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	61
Valley Subtotal	2009	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	80	7
Valley Subtotal	2008	46	8	4	8	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	73	7
Totals	2009	72	219	512	445	56	204	51	194	77	189	126	568	2,713	-7,366
Totals	2008	980	521	697	1,503	680	572	1,036	934	797	220	932	1,207	10,079	-7,366

Notes
* Single-Family Housing includes detached, semi-detached, rowhouse and townhouse units. Rowhouses and townhouses are included when an unbroken ground-to-roof party or firewall separates each unit from the adjacent unit. Condominiums are included in single-family when they are of zero-lot-line or zero-property-line construction; when units are separated by an air space; or, when an unbroken ground-to-roof party or firewall separates units. CIRB no longer supplier of data as of February 2012 and data not available from other sources in the counties listed as n/a.
** Multi-Family Housing includes duplexes, 3-4 unit structures and apartment-type structures with five units or more. Multi-Family housing also includes condominium units in structures of more than one living unit that do not meet the herein single-family housing definition.

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