2015-2016 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	2016	164	159	236	258	267	162	182	106	108	199	107	163	2,111	388
Alameda	2015	83	116	123	214	122	222	169	149	88	153	129	155	1,723	388
Contra Costa	2016	153	188	148	176	121	168	98	191	107	141	153	206	1,850	-24
Contra Costa	2015	90	113	235	201	241	192	165	126	167	103	77	164	1,874	-24
Marin	2016	9	3	14	9	4	4	22	6	11	5	6	11	104	-17
Marin	2015	6	19	4	40	2	8	10	5	10	10	2	5	121	-17
Monterey	2016	30	42	36	25	43	33	47	26	35	37	56	43	453	69
Monterey	2015	13	7	49	23	54	55	29	31	25	36	7	55	384	69
San Benito	2016	20	43	29	28	41	103	34	18	46	20	29	30	441	218
San Benito	2015	11	10	4	21	12	19	26	31	28	17	14	30	223	218
San Francisco	2016	2	4	3	7	4	7	19	3	2	68	4	4	127	61
San Francisco	2015	6	3	6	8	7	5	3	0	4	23	1	0	66	61
San Mateo	2016	20	19	24	61	49	33	36	53	44	71	18	27	455	27
San Mateo	2015	22	12	48	30	49	22	40	35	41	103	14	12	428	27
Santa Clara	2016	131	71	172	139	273	153	109	134	145	85	91	105	1,608	-61
Santa Clara	2015	153	105	207	143	87	220	140	143	80	136	71	184	1,669	-61
Santa Cruz	2016	3	3	6	4	2	23	13	13	12	2	6	21	108	1
Santa Cruz	2015	2	3	6	10	7	13	9	16	8	12	3	18	107	1
Solano	2016	45	87	65	67	63	90	80	81	69	67	76	32	822	-215
Solano	2015	62	47	109	89	108	96	98	87	78	106	74	83	1,037	-215
Sonoma	2016	16	12	56	24	119	72	51	36	23	13	79	80	581	345
Sonoma	2015	7	16	26	10	15	38	42	13	16	20	12	21	236	345
Bay Area Subtotal	2016	593	631	789	798	986	848	691	667	602	708	625	722	8,660	792
Bay Area Subtotal	2015	455	451	817	789	704	890	731	636	545	719	404	727	7,868	792
El Dorado	2016	73	31	64	67	81	61	81	91	69	72	43	66	799	225
El Dorado	2015	25	19	42	21	66	59	53	52	62	71	80	24	574	225
Placer	2016	83	167	172	199	152	265	113	184	233	163	209	164	2,104	108
Placer	2015	155	104	149	241	194	220	157	135	218	210	119	94	1,996	108
Sacramento	2016	137	142	197	274	234	235	156	222	242	256	265	308	2,668	310
Sacramento	2015	93	93	163	215	231	332	235	206	208	204	176	202	2,358	310
Sutter	2016	1	2	5	3	12	2	8	8	4	6	0	7	58	-12
Sutter	2015	4	1	6	6	7	4	9	7	8	4	8	6	70	-12
Yolo	2016	44	43	47	65	71	50	47	54	30	50	69	41	611	256
Yolo	2015	13	35	10	37	30	65	13	12	39	37	11	53	355	256
Yuba	2016	12	8	10	23	17	27	3	33	20	8	12	17	190	-2
Yuba	2015	11	2	27	25	0	18	19	39	4	24	14	9	192	-2
Sacramento Subtotal	2016	350	393	495	631	567	640	408	592	598	555	598	603	6,430	887
Sacramento Subtotal	2015	301	254	397	545	528	698	486	451	539	550	408	386	5,543	887
Fresno	2016	143	112	145	201	175	231	147	212	180	173	221	602	2,542	445
Fresno	2015	145	154	246	203	203	278	158	191	156	134	78	151	2,097	445
Madera	2016	33	7	25	16	11	62	33	30	20	17	16	58	328	125
Madera	2015	20	7	18	23	17	23	5	20	11	16	22	21	203	125
Merced	2016	27	50	31	75	53	76	28	44	57	68	151	90	750	359
Merced	2015	12	22	29	45	37	36	52	70	24	13	28	23	391	359
San Joaquin	2016	86	87	144	195	180	238	110	169	128	105	192	141	1,775	77
San Joaquin	2015	65	119	145	231	176	258	178	124	112	92	72	126	1,698	77
Stanislaus	2016	51	49	72	68	65	87	38	58	58	56	27	49	678	204
Stanislaus	2015	31	30	59	48	32	42	64	22	58	30	21	37	474	204
Tulare	2016	46	77	104	121	70	98	112	101	120	74	81	155	1,159	28
Tulare	2015	51	84	107	142	119	129	85	88	61	72	107	86	1,131	28
Valley Subtotal	2016	386	382	521	672	554	792	468	614	563	493	688	1,095	7,228	1,234
Valley Subtotal	2015	324	416	604	692	584	766	542	515	422	357	328	444	5,994	1,234
Napa	2016	13	6	10	7	25	5	16	5	16	32	5	7	147	6
Napa	2015	2	6	28	2	11	13	8	22	12	21	4	12	141	6
Totals	2016	1,342	1,412	1,815	2,112	2,132	2,285	1,583	1,878	1,779	1,788	1,916	2,427	22,469	2,923
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	2,923

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2016	440	284	751	62	309	68	105	243	218	68	290	328	3,166	-141
Alameda	2015	104	104	731	273	108	492	76	446	186	55	378	354	3,307	-141
Contra Costa	2016	0	28	0	0	194	0	12	2	585	24	194	6	1,045	489
Contra Costa	2015	26	18	62	13	44	90	133	15	0	110	2	43	556	489
Marin	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	-18
Marin	2015	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	20	-18
Monterey	2016	16	2	0	0	50	0	0	29	2	4	6	9	118	-140
Monterey	2015	50	0	41	0	0	2	0	12	148	5	0	0	258	-140
San Benito	2016	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	88	99	50
San Benito	2015	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	41	49	50
San Francisco	2016	146	631	30	63	549	150	164	195	341	616	544	651	4,080	476
San Francisco	2015	121	258	103	290	213	337	424	424	169	435	164	666	3,604	476
San Mateo	2016	268	100	421	63	10	202	0	26	99	91	19	0	1,299	236
San Mateo	2015	6	0	68	211	265	224	0	136	64	87	2	0	1,063	236
Santa Clara	2016	154	302	54	13	24	320	105	283	516	709	567	712	3,759	282
Santa Clara	2015	675	171	188	86	93	228	631	136	434	277	181	377	3,477	282
Santa Cruz	2016	2	0	55	0	93	0	2	0	0	3	54	0	209	147
Santa Cruz	2015	50	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	3	4	0	62	147
Solano	2016	0	0	0	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	-268
Solano	2015	0	0	273	56	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	331	-268
Sonoma	2016	0	0	120	0	16	0	106	14	0	2	6	0	264	58
Sonoma	2015	24	0	0	0	0	126	22	0	0	2	32	0	206	58
Bay Area Subtotal	2016	978	1,354	1,431	199	1,247	803	494	792	1,765	1,517	1,680	1,794	14,054	1,121
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	1,121
El Dorado	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
El Dorado	2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Placer	2016	20	0	0	32	80	26	0	52	46	0	0	58	314	74
Placer	2015	0	0	0	186	0	0	0	2	2	10	20	20	240	74
Sacramento	2016	118	2	2	8	0	14	150	16	60	20	39	180	609	-204
Sacramento	2015	230	0	2	8	0	2	292	2	135	129	13	0	813	-204
Sutter	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-95
Sutter	2015	35	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	56	95	-95
Yolo	2016	0	0	62	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	82	1
Yolo	2015	0	0	2	0	77	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	81	1
Yuba	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-34
Yuba	2015	0	0	26	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	-34
Sacramento Subtotal	2016	138	2	64	54	80	40	150	68	106	20	43	240	1,005	-258
Sacramento Subtotal	2015	265	0	30	194	85	6	292	4	137	141	33	76	1,263	-258
Fresno	2016	0	56	35	91	3	0	32	14	56	8	28	16	339	39
Fresno	2015	40	0	45	0	51	0	15	2	0	41	0	106	300	39
Madera	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6	6
Madera	2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Merced	2016	0	0	69	0	0	0	8	0	12	0	0	0	89	87
Merced	2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	87
San Joaquin	2016	2	0	80	4	3	432	0	0	4	0	0	0	525	138
San Joaquin	2015	8	10	6	10	10	50	18	40	0	0	0	235	387	138
Stanislaus	2016	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Stanislaus	2015	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Tulare	2016	0	4	14	0	78	10	32	4	0	6	6	2	156	21
Tulare	2015	0	4	10	6	0	8	8	6	2	6	73	12	135	21
Valley Subtotal	2016	2	60	212	95	84	442	72	24	72	14	34	18	1,129	281
Valley Subtotal	2015	48	18	71	16	61	58	41	50	2	47	73	363	848	281
Napa	2016	0	0	9	0	0	0	167	0	0	0	0	0	176	28
Napa	2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	148	0	0	148	28
Totals	2016	1,166	1,416	1,716	350	1,411	1,285	883	884	1,943	1,551	1,757	2,052	16,414	1,232
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	1,232

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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