2016-2017 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	2017	85	202	332	109	266	306	380	108	229	146	140	362	2,665	554
Alameda	2016	164	159	236	258	267	162	182	106	108	199	107	163	2,111	554
Contra Costa	2017	81	52	108	163	208	248	128	177	130	132	107	205	1,739	-111
Contra Costa	2016	153	188	148	176	121	168	98	191	107	141	153	206	1,850	-111
Marin	2017	7	6	5	6	14	9	6	11	5	18	12	4	103	-1
Marin	2016	9	3	14	9	4	4	22	6	11	5	6	11	104	-1
Monterey	2017	37	39	45	37	50	52	44	53	42	53	52	28	532	79
Monterey	2016	30	42	36	25	43	33	47	26	35	37	56	43	453	79
San Benito	2017	42	8	55	50	72	51	36	59	72	55	46	45	591	150
San Benito	2016	20	43	29	28	41	103	34	18	46	20	29	30	441	150
San Francisco	2017	3	4	4	5	4	5	3	7	1	5	5	3	49	-78
San Francisco	2016	2	4	3	7	4	7	19	3	2	68	4	4	127	-78
San Mateo	2017	8	9	63	27	31	41	33	130	21	52	46	25	486	31
San Mateo	2016	20	19	24	61	49	33	36	53	44	71	18	27	455	31
Santa Clara	2017	117	51	165	164	205	201	137	240	213	206	228	174	2,101	493
Santa Clara	2016	131	71	172	139	273	153	109	134	145	85	91	105	1,608	493
Santa Cruz	2017	3	2	11	10	11	25	29	59	12	34	11	15	222	114
Santa Cruz	2016	3	3	6	4	2	23	13	13	12	2	6	21	108	114
Solano	2017	60	87	75	74	48	148	16	45	40	62	47	57	759	-63
Solano	2016	45	87	65	67	63	90	80	81	69	67	76	32	822	-63
Sonoma	2017	2	23	27	31	19	63	32	90	74	75	54	35	525	-56
Sonoma	2016	16	12	56	24	119	72	51	36	23	13	79	80	581	-56
Bay Area Subtotal	2017	445	483	891	676	935	1,149	844	979	839	838	748	953	9,780	1,120
Bay Area Subtotal	2016	593	631	789	798	986	848	691	667	602	708	625	722	8,660	1,120
El Dorado	2017	54	52	85	77	75	118	50	80	59	66	51	47	814	15
El Dorado	2016	73	31	64	67	81	61	81	91	69	72	43	66	799	15
Placer	2017	207	153	172	286	302	280	173	203	222	200	167	139	2,504	400
Placer	2016	83	167	172	199	152	265	113	184	233	163	209	164	2,104	400
Sacramento	2017	227	228	311	217	228	266	230	256	224	388	299	297	3,171	503
Sacramento	2016	137	142	197	274	234	235	156	222	242	256	265	308	2,668	503
Sutter	2017	0	1	0	2	8	6	1	4	4	8	8	4	46	-12
Sutter	2016	1	2	5	3	12	2	8	8	4	6	0	7	58	-12
Yolo	2017	62	32	44	28	25	30	33	24	6	43	42	13	382	-229
Yolo	2016	44	43	47	65	71	50	47	54	30	50	69	41	611	-229
Yuba	2017	12	0	10	26	10	22	16	32	6	24	45	20	223	33
Yuba	2016	12	8	10	23	17	27	3	33	20	8	12	17	190	33
Sacramento Subtotal	2017	562	466	622	639	648	722	503	599	521	729	612	520	7,143	713
Sacramento Subtotal	2016	350	393	495	631	567	640	408	592	598	555	598	603	6,430	713
Fresno	2017	87	95	64	86	136	182	198	243	135	262	187	212	1,887	-655
Fresno	2016	143	112	145	201	175	231	147	212	180	173	221	602	2,542	-655
Madera	2017	48	1	2	17	35	51	40	85	38	42	34	40	433	105
Madera	2016	33	7	25	16	11	62	33	30	20	17	16	58	328	105
Merced	2017	56	37	89	64	47	44	43	50	53	56	70	64	673	-77
Merced	2016	27	50	31	75	53	76	28	44	57	68	151	90	750	-77
San Joaquin	2017	68	83	200	151	207	245	142	151	189	187	226	216	2,065	290
San Joaquin	2016	86	87	144	195	180	238	110	169	128	105	192	141	1,775	290
Stanislaus	2017	50	34	81	72	93	54	51	100	51	82	82	50	800	122
Stanislaus	2016	51	49	72	68	65	87	38	58	58	56	27	49	678	122
Tulare	2017	83	81	91	79	104	125	110	92	95	98	97	81	1,136	-23
Tulare	2016	46	77	104	121	70	98	112	101	120	74	81	155	1,159	-23
Valley Subtotal	2017	392	331	527	469	622	701	584	721	561	722	696	663	6,989	-243
Valley Subtotal	2016	386	382	521	676	554	792	468	614	563	493	688	1,095	7,232	-243
Napa	2017	5	1	13	9	10	15	9	33	11	11	3	16	136	-11
Napa	2016	13	6	10	7	25	5	16	5	16	32	5	7	147	-11
Totals	2017	1,404	1,281	2,053	1,793	2,215	2,587	1,940	2,332	1,932	2,300	2,059	2,152	24,048	1,579
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	1,579

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2017	468	135	743	634	144	1,512	0	458	375	363	346	677	5,855	2,689
Alameda	2016	440	284	751	62	309	68	105	243	218	68	290	328	3,166	2,689
Contra Costa	2017	0	17	6	48	0	2	8	80	6	0	0	0	167	-878
Contra Costa	2016	0	28	0	0	194	0	12	2	585	24	194	6	1,045	-878
Marin	2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Marin	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	-2
Monterey	2017	8	5	4	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	16	71	116	-2
Monterey	2016	16	2	0	0	50	0	0	29	2	4	6	9	118	-2
San Benito	2017	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-97
San Benito	2016	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	88	99	-97
San Francisco	2017	58	271	207	287	777	240	455	339	57	779	572	645	4,687	607
San Francisco	2016	146	631	30	63	549	150	164	195	341	616	544	651	4,080	607
San Mateo	2017	2	64	11	8	205	85	263	172	0	6	66	206	1,088	-211
San Mateo	2016	268	100	421	63	10	202	0	26	99	91	19	0	1,299	-211
Santa Clara	2017	63	1,081	424	155	1,262	1,035	88	196	735	2,315	559	615	8,528	4,769
Santa Clara	2016	154	302	54	13	24	320	105	283	516	709	567	712	3,759	4,769
Santa Cruz	2017	56	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	0	156	-53
Santa Cruz	2016	2	0	55	0	93	0	2	0	0	3	54	0	209	-53
Solano	2017	0	0	39	0	0	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	54	-9
Solano	2016	0	0	0	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	-9
Sonoma	2017	0	0	0	150	0	0	2	96	0	0	2	101	351	87
Sonoma	2016	0	0	120	0	16	0	106	14	0	2	6	0	264	87
Bay Area Subtotal	2017	657	1,575	1,434	1,284	2,388	2,884	821	1,343	1,183	3,463	1,657	2,315	21,004	6,900
Bay Area Subtotal	2016	1,026	1,354	1,431	201	1,247	803	494	792	1,765	1,517	1,680	1,794	14,104	6,900
El Dorado	2017	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	6
El Dorado	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Placer	2017	0	2	6	4	6	0	0	2	8	46	0	0	74	-220
Placer	2016	0	0	0	32	80	26	0	52	46	0	0	58	294	-220
Sacramento	2017	264	0	125	104	315	49	128	18	2	355	255	131	1,746	1,137
Sacramento	2016	118	2	2	8	0	14	150	16	60	20	39	180	609	1,137
Sutter	2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sutter	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yolo	2017	0	0	2	0	15	15	4	0	0	56	0	0	92	10
Yolo	2016	0	0	62	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	82	10
Yuba	2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2
Yuba	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Sacramento Subtotal	2017	264	4	133	108	336	64	132	24	10	459	255	131	1,920	915
Sacramento Subtotal	2016	138	2	64	54	80	40	150	68	106	20	43	240	1,005	915
Fresno	2017	0	0	0	64	54	176	168	21	50	4	285	313	1,135	796
Fresno	2016	0	56	35	91	3	0	32	14	56	8	28	16	339	796
Madera	2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
Madera	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6	-6
Merced	2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	32	36	-53
Merced	2016	0	0	69	0	0	0	8	0	12	0	0	0	89	-53
San Joaquin	2017	0	0	0	18	134	0	16	63	0	30	147	100	508	-17
San Joaquin	2016	2	0	80	4	3	432	0	0	4	0	0	0	525	-17
Stanislaus	2017	2	0	12	0	6	0	0	0	12	8	40	67	147	133
Stanislaus	2016	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	133
Tulare	2017	8	2	22	8	0	16	44	10	54	28	22	8	222	66
Tulare	2016	0	4	14	0	78	10	32	4	0	6	6	2	156	66
Valley Subtotal	2017	10	2	34	90	194	192	228	94	120	70	494	520	2,048	919
Valley Subtotal	2016	2	60	212	95	84	442	72	24	72	14	34	18	1,129	919
Napa	2017	0	0	0	0	36	6	0	8	0	6	0	0	56	-120
Napa	2016	0	0	9	0	0	0	167	0	0	0	0	0	176	-120
Totals	2017	931	1,581	1,601	1,482	2,954	3,146	1,181	1,469	1,313	3,998	2,366	2,966	24,988	8,574
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	8,574

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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