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2017-2018 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	2018	59	112	208	323	176	138	147	132	139	170	90	70	1,764	-901
Alameda	2017	85	202	332	109	266	306	380	108	229	146	140	362	2,665	-901
Contra Costa	2018	88	171	201	113	177	146	151	156	149	78	142	93	1,665	-74
Contra Costa	2017	81	52	108	163	208	248	128	177	130	132	107	205	1,739	-74
Marin	2018	13	15	5	15	11	9	8	9	7	4	4	15	115	12
Marin	2017	7	6	5	6	14	9	6	11	5	18	12	4	103	12
Monterey	2018	42	77	49	51	60	31	39	53	64	89	32	30	617	85
Monterey	2017	37	39	45	37	50	52	44	53	42	53	52	28	532	85
San Benito	2018	30	20	49	85	81	84	33	15	27	61	27	14	526	-65
San Benito	2017	42	8	55	50	72	51	36	59	72	55	46	45	591	-65
San Francisco	2018	14	3	7	7	7	0	10	0	9	4	30	6	97	48
San Francisco	2017	3	4	4	5	4	5	3	7	1	5	5	3	49	48
San Mateo	2018	38	31	41	27	38	23	130	38	29	40	28	21	484	-2
San Mateo	2017	8	9	63	27	31	41	33	130	21	52	46	25	486	-2
Santa Clara	2018	210	167	179	163	160	129	107	152	128	107	153	79	1,734	-367
Santa Clara	2017	117	51	165	164	205	201	137	240	213	206	228	174	2,101	-367
Santa Cruz	2018	17	13	13	16	10	19	14	21	16	13	10	8	170	-52
Santa Cruz	2017	3	2	11	10	11	25	29	59	12	34	11	15	222	-52
Solano	2018	31	68	120	53	123	74	58	79	32	134	59	67	898	139
Solano	2017	60	87	75	74	48	148	16	45	40	62	47	57	759	139
Sonoma	2018	67	84	206	227	363	320	394	551	300	333	229	178	3,252	2,719
Sonoma	2017	2	23	28	31	26	63	32	90	74	75	54	35	533	2,719
Bay Area Subtotal	2018	609	761	1,078	1,080	1,206	973	1,091	1,206	900	1,033	810	581	11,328	1,548
Bay Area Subtotal	2017	445	483	891	676	935	1,149	844	979	839	838	748	953	9,780	1,548
El Dorado	2018	54	55	37	45	55	16	59	64	49	66	52	37	589	-225
El Dorado	2017	54	52	85	77	75	118	50	80	59	66	51	47	814	-225
Placer	2018	202	114	214	160	196	190	210	136	138	192	132	80	1,964	-543
Placer	2017	207	153	172	289	302	280	173	203	222	200	167	139	2,507	-543
Sacramento	2018	275	184	372	269	337	478	331	320	229	292	280	224	3,591	420
Sacramento	2017	227	228	311	217	228	266	230	256	224	388	299	297	3,171	420
Sutter	2018	7	5	6	6	3	15	2	5	8	4	1	38	100	54
Sutter	2017	0	1	0	2	8	6	1	4	4	8	8	4	46	54
Yolo	2018	19	3	15	25	16	30	34	72	75	39	46	26	400	18
Yolo	2017	62	32	44	28	25	30	33	24	6	43	42	13	382	18
Yuba	2018	10	62	24	31	56	28	36	33	30	40	32	19	401	178
Yuba	2017	12	0	10	26	10	22	16	32	6	24	45	20	223	178
Sacramento Subtotal	2018	567	423	668	536	663	757	672	630	529	633	543	424	7,045	-98
Sacramento Subtotal	2017	562	466	622	639	648	722	503	599	521	729	612	520	7,143	-98
Fresno	2018	188	182	276	225	184	158	363	251	183	216	151	140	2,517	630
Fresno	2017	87	95	64	86	136	182	198	243	135	262	187	212	1,887	630
Madera	2018	38	50	62	48	56	42	38	31	24	59	18	38	504	71
Madera	2017	48	1	2	17	35	51	40	85	38	42	34	40	433	71
Merced	2018	97	99	126	128	185	120	64	66	79	88	73	83	1,208	535
Merced	2017	56	37	89	64	47	44	43	50	53	56	70	64	673	535
San Joaquin	2018	146	183	201	267	298	288	268	239	395	259	107	118	2,769	709
San Joaquin	2017	68	83	200	151	207	245	142	151	189	182	226	216	2,060	709
Stanislaus	2018	60	69	36	76	78	63	58	70	24	57	43	36	670	-130
Stanislaus	2017	50	34	81	72	93	54	51	100	51	82	82	50	800	-130
Tulare	2018	106	56	112	108	120	96	105	119	90	110	98	46	1,166	30
Tulare	2017	83	81	91	79	104	125	110	92	95	98	97	81	1,136	30
Valley Subtotal	2018	635	639	813	852	921	766	896	776	795	789	516	461	8,859	1,870
Valley Subtotal	2017	392	331	527	469	622	701	584	721	561	722	696	663	6,989	1,870
Napa	2018	13	20	20	40	35	29	33	55	22	37	20	15	339	203
Napa	2017	5	1	13	9	10	15	9	33	11	11	3	16	136	203
Totals	2018	1,824	1,843	2,579	2,508	2,825	2,525	2,692	2,667	2,246	2,492	1,889	1,481	27,571	3,523
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	3,523

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2018	733	634	700	1,088	745	485	590	500	134	161	102	275	6,147	292
Alameda	2017	468	135	743	634	144	1,512	0	458	375	363	346	677	5,855	292
Contra Costa	2018	72	0	269	0	207	42	271	69	58	71	102	0	1,161	994
Contra Costa	2017	0	17	6	48	0	2	8	80	6	0	0	0	167	994
Marin	2018	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	0	102	102
Marin	2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	102
Monterey	2018	6	5	47	24	8	4	6	3	6	8	5	0	122	77
Monterey	2017	8	5	4	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	16	0	45	77
San Benito	2018	2	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	122	120
San Benito	2017	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	120
San Francisco	2018	12	360	28	12	339	347	252	634	175	657	358	1,993	5,167	480
San Francisco	2017	58	271	207	287	777	240	455	339	57	779	572	645	4,687	480
San Mateo	2018	66	268	2	64	0	374	8	168	76	11	0	0	1,037	-51
San Mateo	2017	2	64	11	8	205	85	263	172	0	6	66	206	1,088	-51
Santa Clara	2018	304	684	442	309	979	191	582	292	228	430	454	1,051	5,946	-2,582
Santa Clara	2017	63	1,081	424	155	1,262	1,035	88	196	735	2,315	559	615	8,528	-2,582
Santa Cruz	2018	4	8	0	43	0	21	0	0	0	25	25	0	126	-30
Santa Cruz	2017	56	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	0	156	-30
Solano	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	140	0	0	140	86
Solano	2017	0	0	39	0	0	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	54	86
Sonoma	2018	37	24	38	150	148	141	21	2	21	144	107	224	1,057	706
Sonoma	2017	0	0	0	150	0	0	2	96	0	0	2	101	351	706
Bay Area Subtotal	2018	1,284	1,983	1,575	1,690	2,426	1,605	1,730	1,668	698	1,647	1,207	3,543	21,056	52
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	52
El Dorado	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	-2
El Dorado	2017	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	-2
Placer	2018	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	10	0	0	0	19	-55
Placer	2017	0	2	6	4	6	0	0	2	8	46	0	0	74	-55
Sacramento	2018	231	14	136	0	421	115	116	82	91	88	24	0	1,318	-428
Sacramento	2017	264	0	125	104	315	49	128	18	2	355	255	131	1,746	-428
Sutter	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sutter	2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yolo	2018	0	0	39	0	0	0	69	0	160	47	74	0	389	297
Yolo	2017	0	0	2	0	15	15	4	0	0	56	0	0	92	297
Yuba	2018	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Yuba	2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2
Sacramento Subtotal	2018	231	14	177	0	429	118	187	82	261	137	98	2	1,736	-184
Sacramento Subtotal	2017	264	4	133	108	336	64	132	24	10	459	255	131	1,920	-184
Fresno	2018	16	80	120	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	222	-913
Fresno	2017	0	0	0	64	54	176	168	21	50	4	285	313	1,135	-913
Madera	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Madera	2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merced	2018	0	50	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	58	22
Merced	2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	32	36	22
San Joaquin	2018	0	0	12	0	8	304	203	0	26	8	0	32	593	85
San Joaquin	2017	0	0	0	18	134	0	16	63	0	30	147	100	508	85
Stanislaus	2018	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	10	-97
Stanislaus	2017	2	0	12	0	6	0	0	0	12	8	0	67	107	-97
Tulare	2018	66	10	64	140	8	18	2	4	0	2	3	130	447	225
Tulare	2017	8	2	22	8	0	16	44	10	54	28	22	8	222	225
Valley Subtotal	2018	82	90	198	140	22	322	205	6	30	12	0	170	1,277	-277
Valley Subtotal	2017	10	2	34	90	194	192	228	94	120	70	0	520	1,554	-277
Napa	2018	0	12	50	320	175	10	145	0	0	22	0	0	734	678
Napa	2017	0	0	0	0	36	6	0	8	0	6	0	0	56	678
Totals	2018	1,597	2,099	2,000	2,150	3,052	2,055	2,267	1,756	989	1,818	1,308	3,715	24,806	-182
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	-182

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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