2011-2012 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 California Homebuilding Foundation, 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	2012	98	71	80	123	298	218	13	100	68	114	85	99	1,367	556
Alameda	2011	68	50	66	81	43	165	35	64	49	57	44	89	811	556
Contra Costa	2012	51	90	103	38	9	132	121	156	102	114	63	122	1,101	386
Contra Costa	2011	100	23	53	58	61	87	50	67	64	45	51	56	715	386
Marin	2012	1	1	7	3	1	14	4	3	12	11	12	2	71	33
Marin	2011	3	2	2	2	3	9	2	0	10	2	2	1	38	33
Monterey	2012	5	10	11	5	12	11	9	7	4	4	24	12	114	-21
Monterey	2011	5	6	7	26	5	5	8	12	5	8	14	34	135	-21
San Francisco	2012	4	2	0	2	4	5	1	0	4	3	1	4	30	0
San Francisco	2011	7	0	4	5	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	30	0
San Mateo	2012	6	5	16	4	10	25	42	30	29	28	23	18	236	29
San Mateo	2011	24	21	26	8	15	15	11	20	19	18	16	14	207	29
Santa Clara	2012	75	80	74	74	79	145	180	103	156	91	91	121	1,269	291
Santa Clara	2011	95	48	69	85	80	97	86	84	74	81	80	99	978	291
Santa Cruz	2012	14	10	4	13	3	4	6	7	7	7	3	2	80	1
Santa Cruz	2011	2	2	1	9	5	4	16	8	2	17	9	4	79	1
Solano	2012	20	37	29	20	44	41	43	58	38	26	70	27	453	65
Solano	2011	38	39	36	29	21	85	18	12	33	19	32	26	388	65
Sonoma	2012	7	6	25	8	22	29	9	22	29	39	19	32	247	-189
Sonoma	2011	62	41	18	43	48	31	32	10	37	60	25	29	436	-189
Bay Area Subtotal	2012	281	312	349	290	482	624	428	486	449	437	391	439	4,968	1,151
Bay Area Subtotal	2011	404	232	282	346	282	499	259	280	295	309	275	354	3,817	1,151
El Dorado	2012	9	9	4	5	21	21	7	8	19	10	7	2	122	-15
El Dorado	2011	5	7	4	3	12	12	10	20	22	10	20	12	137	-15
Placer	2012	64	39	87	83	140	162	140	91	100	115	137	68	1,226	424
Placer	2011	20	39	74	35	82	86	78	98	76	122	42	50	802	424
Sacramento	2012	71	71	51	97	90	100	160	151	84	142	130	115	1,262	536
Sacramento	2011	72	64	46	42	58	58	66	85	71	35	62	67	726	536
Sutter	2012	1	1	0	0	5	2	10	1	2	3	3	0	28	5
Sutter	2011	1	5	3	0	1	0	1	2	2	4	2	2	23	5
Yolo	2012	8	27	12	17	16	18	20	29	10	42	25	29	253	68
Yolo	2011	8	29	18	22	19	10	6	35	6	10	12	10	185	68
Yuba	2012	3	5	5	2	15	14	10	1	6	6	4	4	75	18
Yuba	2011	6	1	9	6	13	6	3	5	0	7	0	1	57	18
Sacramento Subtotal	2012	156	152	159	204	287	317	347	281	221	318	306	218	2,966	1,036
Sacramento Subtotal	2011	112	145	154	108	185	172	164	245	177	188	138	142	1,930	1,036
Fresno	2012	66	74	106	55	79	171	293	146	131	122	102	136	1,481	558
Fresno	2011	37	29	58	58	60	61	71	93	111	73	126	146	923	558
Madera	2012	10	11	9	6	14	16	7	11	7	6	3	4	104	-8
Madera	2011	4	12	9	6	11	8	33	5	7	2	8	7	112	-8
Merced	2012	3	0	6	1	1	4	7	11	7	7	10	1	58	-24
Merced	2011	3	4	1	3	9	13	4	4	13	12	8	8	82	-24
San Joaquin	2012	54	35	78	116	82	127	102	93	163	96	130	63	1,139	411
San Joaquin	2011	53	39	52	70	72	80	50	100	70	45	31	66	728	411
Stanislaus	2012	5	2	6	6	4	16	15	15	20	8	17	11	125	6
Stanislaus	2011	13	5	8	11	13	5	9	11	5	18	2	19	119	6
Tulare	2012	36	34	45	29	28	32	52	70	46	48	46	31	497	-222
Tulare	2011	29	52	84	31	52	46	48	85	54	40	61	137	719	-222
Valley Subtotal	2012	174	156	250	213	208	366	476	346	374	287	308	246	3,404	721
Valley Subtotal	2011	139	141	212	179	217	213	215	298	260	190	236	383	2,683	721
Napa	2012	1	31	7	9	5	8	3	11	8	10	7	6	106	1
Napa	2011	1	8	7	6	10	3	19	14	4	22	1	10	105	1
Totals	2012	612	651	765	716	982	1,315	1,254	1,124	1,052	1,052	1,012	909	11,444	2,909
Totals	2011	656	526	655	639	694	887	657	837	736	709	650	889	8,535	2,909

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2012	16	21	389	90	29	56	176	233	325	83	94	99	1,611	255
Alameda	2011	6	23	140	26	150	209	86	323	0	12	318	63	1,356	255
Contra Costa	2012	0	44	14	2	0	10	471	46	0	7	0	302	896	541
Contra Costa	2011	295	6	8	22	0	22	0	0	2	0	0	0	355	541
Marin	2012	0	0	0	0	0	10	9	0	10	11	10	0	50	-11
Marin	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	0	0	0	0	61	-11
Monterey	2012	0	2	65	1	0	58	3	0	2	0	0	0	131	104
Monterey	2011	0	5	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	2	10	0	27	104
San Francisco	2012	109	6	180	0	150	110	277	680	802	71	66	595	3,046	1,074
San Francisco	2011	153	75	22	11	65	556	12	579	44	209	3	243	1,972	1,074
San Mateo	2012	132	0	0	0	4	13	9	5	0	332	77	6	578	67
San Mateo	2011	15	0	127	25	4	0	2	2	314	2	0	20	511	67
Santa Clara	2012	193	41	359	139	15	1,017	206	661	55	425	108	753	3,972	1,738
Santa Clara	2011	5	8	11	4	18	228	43	12	535	2	829	539	2,234	1,738
Santa Cruz	2012	0	0	0	0	26	103	0	2	0	42	0	0	173	62
Santa Cruz	2011	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	88	111	62
Solano	2012	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Solano	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sonoma	2012	2	2	0	0	68	0	0	64	52	12	50	0	250	82
Sonoma	2011	44	0	0	0	0	0	70	0	0	9	12	33	168	82
Bay Area Subtotal	2012	452	116	1,007	232	292	1,377	1,152	1,691	1,246	983	405	1,755	10,708	3,913
Bay Area Subtotal	2011	518	117	326	88	239	1,015	223	977	898	236	1,172	986	6,795	3,913
El Dorado	2012	0	0	40	16	0	14	19	12	0	0	2	12	115	115
El Dorado	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	115
Placer	2012	4	0	18	0	0	0	20	0	60	0	9	0	111	83
Placer	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	28	83
Sacramento	2012	0	0	56	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	57	201	319	-287
Sacramento	2011	4	40	150	0	0	204	55	0	69	0	84	0	606	-287
Sutter	2012	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	-41
Sutter	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	56	-41
Yolo	2012	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	47	-22
Yolo	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69	0	0	69	-22
Yuba	2012	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yuba	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sacramento Subtotal	2012	4	0	169	16	0	17	41	14	60	0	68	218	607	-152
Sacramento Subtotal	2011	4	40	150	0	0	204	83	0	69	69	84	56	759	-152
Fresno	2012	2	102	2	0	0	11	3	0	22	23	21	34	220	-165
Fresno	2011	0	0	0	0	49	0	0	142	0	0	94	100	385	-165
Madera	2012	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	44	-135
Madera	2011	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	48	125	179	-135
Merced	2012	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	0	0	66	-4
Merced	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	0	70	-4
San Joaquin	2012	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-152
San Joaquin	2011	0	0	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	152	-152
Stanislaus	2012	0	0	20	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6	32	-19
Stanislaus	2011	0	0	0	0	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	-19
Tulare	2012	0	0	60	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	64	-74
Tulare	2011	2	0	48	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	80	138	-74
Valley Subtotal	2012	6	102	82	0	0	11	10	3	22	0	61	40	337	-638
Valley Subtotal	2011	2	0	48	0	207	51	0	150	0	0	212	305	975	-638
Napa	2012	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	5	0	89	6	5	112	86
Napa	2011	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	26	86
Totals	2012	462	218	1,258	248	292	1,412	1,203	1,713	1,328	1,072	540	2,018	11,764	3,209
Totals	2011	524	157	524	112	446	1,270	306	1,127	969	305	1,468	1,347	8,555	3,209

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. Data from March of 2012 forward is supplied by the California Homebuilding Foundation; data prior to that date supplied by the CIRB.
** 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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