2014-2015 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.

Single-Family Permits*

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2015	83	116	123	214	122	222	169	149	89	153	129	155	1,724	636
Alameda	2014	79	80	113	75	150	155	52	62	71	128	67	56	1,088	636
Contra Costa	2015	90	113	235	201	241	192	165	126	167	103	77	164	1,874	436
Contra Costa	2014	85	75	87	182	214	201	118	106	76	108	97	89	1,438	436
Marin	2015	6	19	4	40	2	8	10	5	10	10	2	5	121	8
Marin	2014	0	7	3	17	6	18	9	15	22	9	3	4	113	8
Monterey	2015	13	7	49	23	54	55	29	31	25	36	7	55	384	154
Monterey	2014	7	23	19	12	19	13	13	25	35	23	15	26	230	154
San Benito	2015	11	10	4	21	12	19	26	31	28	17	14	30	223	137
San Benito	2014	0	10	4	3	2	18	2	5	11	5	9	17	86	137
San Francisco	2015	6	3	6	8	7	5	3	0	4	23	1	0	66	31
San Francisco	2014	2	1	2	6	0	2	5	2	5	1	2	7	35	31
San Mateo	2015	22	12	48	30	49	22	40	35	41	103	14	12	428	113
San Mateo	2014	30	20	33	20	32	33	31	33	27	23	8	25	315	113
Santa Clara	2015	153	105	207	143	87	220	140	143	80	136	71	184	1,669	49
Santa Clara	2014	111	134	126	150	148	216	132	138	95	63	208	99	1,620	49
Santa Cruz	2015	2	3	6	10	7	13	9	16	8	12	3	18	107	-11
Santa Cruz	2014	15	7	3	5	17	15	20	18	10	4	3	1	118	-11
Solano	2015	62	47	109	89	108	96	98	87	78	106	74	83	1,037	388
Solano	2014	57	13	47	96	16	86	40	20	53	55	73	93	649	388
Sonoma	2015	7	16	26	10	15	38	42	13	16	20	12	21	236	-15
Sonoma	2014	19	3	11	24	6	19	10	9	12	30	52	56	251	-15
Bay Area Subtotal	2015	455	451	817	789	704	890	731	636	545	719	404	727	7,868	1,925
Bay Area Subtotal	2014	405	373	448	590	610	776	432	433	417	449	537	473	5,943	1,925
El Dorado	2015	25	19	42	21	66	59	53	52	62	71	80	24	574	200
El Dorado	2014	8	35	27	11	55	43	44	35	32	25	20	39	374	200
Placer	2015	155	104	149	241	194	220	157	135	218	210	119	92	1,994	376
Placer	2014	108	99	141	146	188	242	107	147	115	107	127	91	1,618	376
Sacramento	2015	93	93	163	215	231	332	235	206	208	204	176	202	2,358	811
Sacramento	2014	121	98	87	106	223	215	151	134	142	104	97	69	1,547	811
Sutter	2015	4	1	6	6	7	4	9	7	8	4	8	6	70	-4
Sutter	2014	12	5	3	4	7	14	5	2	13	5	3	1	74	-4
Yolo	2015	13	35	10	37	30	65	13	12	39	37	11	53	355	132
Yolo	2014	13	25	14	12	13	42	23	16	10	30	5	20	223	132
Yuba	2015	11	2	27	25	0	18	19	39	4	24	14	9	192	80
Yuba	2014	10	1	12	18	7	11	8	9	21	1	7	7	112	80
Sacramento Subtotal	2015	301	254	397	545	528	698	486	451	539	550	408	386	5,543	1,595
Sacramento Subtotal	2014	272	263	284	297	493	567	338	343	333	272	259	227	3,948	1,595
Fresno	2015	145	154	246	203	203	278	158	191	156	134	78	151	2,097	687
Fresno	2014	63	49	82	85	122	218	211	125	109	107	104	135	1,410	687
Madera	2015	20	7	18	23	17	23	5	20	11	16	22	21	203	-7
Madera	2014	20	5	7	12	19	17	17	21	43	23	10	16	210	-7
Merced	2015	12	22	29	45	37	36	52	70	24	13	28	23	391	188
Merced	2014	20	1	7	10	38	14	9	17	8	36	9	34	203	188
San Joaquin	2015	65	119	145	231	176	258	178	124	112	92	72	126	1,698	501
San Joaquin	2014	57	100	95	141	123	205	110	72	32	58	67	137	1,197	501
Stanislaus	2015	31	30	59	48	32	42	64	22	58	30	21	37	474	89
Stanislaus	2014	29	14	16	38	45	46	42	45	20	29	26	35	385	89
Tulare	2015	51	84	107	142	119	129	85	88	61	72	107	86	1,131	284
Tulare	2014	59	50	70	73	64	68	102	74	88	74	48	77	847	284
Valley Subtotal	2015	324	416	604	692	584	766	542	515	422	357	328	444	5,994	1,742
Valley Subtotal	2014	248	219	277	359	411	568	491	354	300	327	264	434	4,252	1,742
Napa	2015	2	6	28	2	11	13	8	22	12	21	4	12	141	64
Napa	2014	13	6	3	7	5	3	2	3	2	18	9	6	77	64
Totals	2015	1,082	1,127	1,846	2,028	1,827	2,367	1,767	1,624	1,518	1,647	1,144	1,569	19,546	5,326
Totals	2014	938	861	1,012	1,253	1,519	1,914	1,263	1,133	1,052	1,066	1,069	1,140	14,220	5,326

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2015	104	104	731	273	108	492	76	446	186	55	378	354	3,307	1,257
Alameda	2014	37	17	78	5	53	17	498	94	327	449	276	199	2,050	1,257
Contra Costa	2015	26	18	62	13	44	90	133	15	0	110	2	43	556	10
Contra Costa	2014	130	20	24	57	30	0	49	30	3	120	62	21	546	10
Marin	2015	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	20	-56
Marin	2014	0	14	0	52	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	-56
Monterey	2015	50	0	41	0	0	2	0	12	148	5	0	0	258	173
Monterey	2014	0	1	0	0	0	0	36	0	8	38	0	2	85	173
San Benito	2015	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	41	49	49
San Benito	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49
San Francisco	2015	121	258	103	290	213	337	424	424	169	435	164	666	3,604	569
San Francisco	2014	69	86	567	325	0	156	326	73	581	504	151	197	3,035	569
San Mateo	2015	6	0	68	211	265	224	0	136	64	87	2	0	1,063	-239
San Mateo	2014	0	0	179	0	52	246	2	30	227	17	74	475	1,302	-239
Santa Clara	2015	675	171	188	86	93	228	631	136	434	277	181	377	3,477	-4,658
Santa Clara	2014	331	348	404	1,022	821	350	470	771	936	527	1,317	838	8,135	-4,658
Santa Cruz	2015	50	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	3	4	0	62	57
Santa Cruz	2014	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	57
Solano	2015	0	0	273	56	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	331	331
Solano	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	331
Sonoma	2015	24	0	0	0	0	126	22	0	0	2	32	0	206	-8
Sonoma	2014	0	0	0	0	18	42	0	0	146	0	2	6	214	-8
Bay Area Subtotal	2015	1,062	567	1,466	929	725	1,504	1,286	1,169	1,003	976	765	1,481	12,933	-2,515
Bay Area Subtotal	2014	567	486	1,252	1,461	989	811	1,381	998	2,228	1,655	1,882	1,738	15,448	-2,515
El Dorado	2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-32
El Dorado	2014	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	4	0	0	0	0	32	-32
Placer	2015	0	0	0	186	0	0	0	2	2	10	20	20	240	-137
Placer	2014	0	28	171	28	40	45	1	0	0	0	0	64	377	-137
Sacramento	2015	230	0	2	8	0	2	292	2	135	129	13	0	813	587
Sacramento	2014	0	0	2	10	2	0	0	15	0	0	0	197	226	587
Sutter	2015	35	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	56	95	85
Sutter	2014	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	85
Yolo	2015	0	0	2	0	77	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	81	77
Yolo	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	77
Yuba	2015	0	0	26	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	-66
Yuba	2014	0	0	92	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	100	-66
Sacramento Subtotal	2015	265	0	30	194	85	6	292	4	137	141	33	76	1,263	514
Sacramento Subtotal	2014	0	28	265	38	42	83	1	27	0	0	2	263	749	514
Fresno	2015	40	0	45	0	51	0	15	2	0	41	0	106	300	-239
Fresno	2014	3	0	13	46	168	20	0	64	0	80	88	57	539	-239
Madera	2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
Madera	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	-4
Merced	2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	-4
Merced	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	-4
San Joaquin	2015	8	10	6	10	10	50	18	40	0	0	0	235	387	368
San Joaquin	2014	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	6	0	19	368
Stanislaus	2015	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	-36
Stanislaus	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	50	-36
Tulare	2015	0	4	10	6	0	8	8	6	2	6	73	12	135	-161
Tulare	2014	0	2	18	0	0	170	2	4	8	4	2	86	296	-161
Valley Subtotal	2015	48	18	71	16	61	58	41	50	2	47	73	353	838	-76
Valley Subtotal	2014	3	6	35	46	168	190	6	71	14	84	98	193	914	-76
Napa	2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	148	0	0	148	99
Napa	2014	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	0	49	99
Totals	2015	1,375	585	1,567	1,139	871	1,568	1,619	1,223	1,142	1,312	871	1,910	15,182	-1,978
Totals	2014	570	528	1,552	1,545	1,199	1,084	1,388	1,096	2,242	1,739	2,023	2,194	17,160	-1,978

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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