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Permits Statistics Employment Statistics Affordability 12- 12- Total NF Payroll Employment State Metro Area Month S. Fam. Permits Month Total Permits Permits / Peak Permits 1-Yr Growth 1-Yr Growth Rate Unemp Rate Median Home Price Housing Costs / Income Housing Cycle Barometer Arkansas Fayetteville 1,344 2,805 37% 900 0.4% 3.9% $111,493 17% 0.0 Fort Smith 501 764 58% (200) (0.2%) 5.2% $79,401 15% 0.0 Little Rock 1,921 2,833 49% (300) (0.1%) 4.4% $126,326 18% 0.0 Colorado Boulder 196 572 11% 2,100 1.2% 4.8% $299,900 32% 2.2 Colorado Springs 1,676 2,070 19% (3,500) (1.3%) 6.6% $182,200 23% 0.0 Denver 4,120 9,838 34% (1,000) (0.1%) 5.9% $193,000 23% 0.0 Fort Collins 727 1,363 37% (600) (0.4%) 4.7% $205,000 25% 0.5 Grand Junction 734 826 40% 2,200 3.4% 4.3% $168,906 27% 1.5 Greeley 885 1,006 23% 300 0.4% 5.9% $138,900 18% 0.0 Pueblo 394 431 30% 0 0.0% 7.1% $83,770 15% 0.0 Georgia Albany 283 339 27% (900) (1.4%) 7.1% $88,860 20% 0.0 Athens 561 757 32% (100) (0.1%) 5.9% $131,063 26% 0.0 Atlanta 13,147 20,525 28% (67,800) (2.7%) 7.0% $144,753 19% 0.0 Augusta 1,758 2,166 40% (4,300) (2.0%) 7.3% $114,511 20% 0.0 Columbus 763 1,077 48% (2,200) (1.8%) 7.4% $105,190 20% 0.0 Dalton 252 361 33% (3,300) (4.2%) 10.4% $103,289 19% 0.0 Gainesville 401 410 16% (700) (0.9%) 6.5% $144,059 25% 1.2 Macon 572 913 49% (1,400) (1.4%) 7.3% $100,065 19% 0.0 Savannah 1,593 2,120 44% (2,800) (1.7%) 5.9% $141,647 25% 2.6 Valdosta 712 871 60% (1,400) (2.5%) 6.5% $104,262 23% 0.0 Warner Robins 668 873 41% (1,400) (2.4%) 5.9% $96,930 15% 0.0 Indiana Bloomington 358 495 41% 0 0.0% 5.6% $121,783 24% 0.0 Elkhart-Goshen 368 567 34% (7,000) (5.4%) 12.4% $105,798 17% 0.0 Evansville 576 837 38% (1,300) (0.7%) 5.9% $91,895 17% 0.0 Fort Wayne 780 999 27% (100) 0.0% 6.8% $90,556 15% 0.0 Gary 1,204 1,597 35% 100 0.0% 6.8% $119,663 18% 0.0 Indianapolis 4,487 6,836 40% (3,200) (0.3%) 5.9% $111,251 16% 0.0 Lafayette 500 543 30% (400) (0.4%) 5.4% $105,463 20% 0.0 Muncie 81 85 15% (800) (1.5%) 7.3% $72,287 16% 0.0 South Bend 430 814 41% (3,600) (2.4%) 8.0% $82,334 14% 0.0 Terre Haute 130 173 25% (1,900) (2.5%) 7.0% $75,155 16% 0.0 Louisiana Alexandria 432 448 47% 200 0.3% 4.9% $91,290 18% 0.0 Baton Rouge 2,664 3,874 43% 2,800 0.7% 4.8% $163,102 25% 1.3 Houma 574 823 69% (200) (0.2%) 3.6% $110,395 17% 0.0 Lafayette 847 1,111 22% 2,500 1.7% 3.5% $124,888 21% 0.0 Lake Charles 661 719 48% 0 0.0% 4.5% $105,078 17% 0.0 Monroe 257 329 27% (500) (0.6%) 5.5% $94,232 18% 0.0 New Orleans 2,946 5,017 38% 8,000 1.5% 4.9% $161,918 24% 0.0 Shreveport 1,001 1,556 51% 1,900 1.1% 5.9% $134,165 25% 2.1 Mississippi Gulfport-Biloxi 1,800 3,495 63% (2,000) (1.8%) 5.6% $135,992 25% 1.7 Hattiesburg 164 722 64% (900) (1.5%) 5.2% $92,837 20% 0.0 Jackson 2,136 2,186 49% (2,600) (1.0%) 5.4% $129,165 24% 0.2 Pascagoula 493 1,295 84% 700 1.2% 6.2% $106,164 19% 0.0 Missouri Columbia 507 619 27% (500) (0.5%) 4.3% $127,143 24% 0.2 Jefferson City 149 162 14% (1,100) (1.4%) 5.3% $106,129 19% 0.0 Joplin 214 275 37% 500 0.6% 5.3% $81,501 19% 0.0 Kansas City 2,903 5,864 32% (8,900) (0.9%) 6.2% $139,981 20% 0.0 Springfield 1,019 2,369 46% (400) (0.2%) 5.7% $114,773 23% 0.8 St. Joseph 88 98 23% 0 0.0% 5.4% $83,225 16% 0.0 St. Louis 4,869 5,882 32% (16,900) (1.2%) 7.3% $167,785 27% 4.5 Montana Billings 576 601 41% (100) (0.1%) 3.3% $132,368 21% 0.0 Missoula 340 456 41% (500) (0.9%) 4.9% $185,375 33% 2.3 North Carolina Asheville 1,928 2,632 61% (1,800) (1.0%) 6.2% $175,255 33% 2.9 Burlington 738 794 39% (600) (1.0%) 8.5% $107,018 20% 0.0 Charlotte 8,064 12,755 51% 500 0.1% 8.1% $150,000 22% 0.2 Durham 2,000 2,284 35% 3,300 1.1% 5.8% $173,611 28% 1.7 Fayetteville 1,530 2,443 57% (100) (0.1%) 7.5% $104,748 19% 0.0 Greensboro 2,114 3,347 52% 800 0.2% 8.1% $139,905 25% 0.0 Greenville 637 1,419 55% 100 0.1% 7.8% $106,239 21% 0.0 Hickory 916 955 39% (3,200) (1.9%) 10.2% $108,244 21% 0.0 Raleigh-Cary 7,032 11,904 67% 5,500 1.0% 6.1% $188,000 25% 0.0 Rocky Mount 437 446 43% (800) (1.2%) 10.9% $96,113 19% 0.0 Wilmington 3,666 4,395 48% (100) (0.1%) 7.6% $198,700 34% 2.7 Winston-Salem 2,213 2,301 52% 2,900 1.3% 7.2% $117,176 20% 0.0 Ohio Akron 910 1,102 28% (2,500) (0.7%) 6.4% $118,250 19% 0.1 Canton 359 523 34% (600) (0.3%) 7.1% $90,408 15% 0.0 Cincinnati 3,456 4,571 29% (4,400) (0.4%) 6.1% $150,000 22% 1.3 Cleveland 2,354 2,666 33% (11,000) (1.0%) 6.8% $107,264 16% 0.0 Columbus 2,683 4,475 26% 2,000 0.2% 5.8% $123,500 17% 0.0 Dayton 1,089 1,317 32% (5,900) (1.5%) 7.5% $105,720 17% 0.0 Lima 114 121 24% (500) (0.9%) 7.7% $88,941 15% 0.0 Mansfield 80 87 15% (1,000) (1.7%) 8.5% $90,299 17% 0.0 Springfield 89 119 17% (100) (0.2%) 6.9% $90,777 15% 0.0 Toledo 674 1,135 28% (7,400) (2.2%) 9.2% $93,226 15% 0.0 Youngstown 396 520 27% 700 0.3% 7.8% $68,396 12% 0.0 Oregon Bend 721 812 18% (100) (0.1%) 9.9% $208,872 30% 2.4 Eugene 640 875 32% (2,900) (1.8%) 8.4% $206,615 36% 5.3 Medford 405 481 23% (1,700) (1.9%) 8.7% $180,070 32% 2.3 Portland 4,392 8,272 42% (12,700) (1.2%) 7.2% $250,000 34% 5.7 Salem 663 890 26% (2,000) (1.3%) 7.8% $185,700 30% 5.2 Tennessee Chattanooga 1,304 1,787 47% (2,100) (0.8%) 6.1% $127,826 24% 0.0 Clarksville 1,031 1,483 46% (1,100) (1.3%) 6.7% $98,653 18% 0.0 Jackson 319 379 34% (500) (0.8%) 6.8% $86,161 19% 0.0 Johnson City 593 1,042 72% (600) (0.7%) 6.1% $112,191 26% 0.0 Kingsport 820 945 62% 800 0.7% 5.8% $108,392 24% 0.0 Knoxville 2,229 2,903 45% (3,100) (0.9%) 5.6% $146,450 27% 0.1 Memphis 2,523 3,396 31% (13,400) (2.1%) 6.9% $119,085 22% 0.0 Nashville 5,928 8,014 44% (6,300) (0.8%) 6.1% $142,000 23% 0.6 Texas Abilene 192 198 9% 900 1.4% 4.4% $96,700 18% 2.3 Amarillo 446 754 20% 1,100 1.0% 4.0% $116,500 21% 1.7 Austin 8,382 14,340 54% 12,600 1.6% 5.0% $179,900 25% 2.2 Beaumont 795 1,830 67% 700 0.4% 7.8% $134,400 24% 4.7 Brownsville 1,108 1,339 34% 2,100 1.7% 7.8% $88,000 23% 3.8 College Station 714 2,208 62% 2,600 2.8% 4.4% $139,200 28% 2.2 Corpus Christi 1,262 1,619 26% 2,600 1.5% 5.3% $130,500 26% 3.7 Dallas 12,456 28,793 39% 31,100 1.5% 5.8% $144,100 20% 0.0 El Paso 2,964 4,113 64% 6,400 2.3% 6.9% $132,800 30% 4.3 Fort Worth 7,348 10,982 29% 15,800 1.8% 5.5% $110,000 16% 0.8 Houston 28,945 44,212 59% 54,300 2.1% 5.5% $137,200 20% 0.7 Killeen 1,899 2,589 57% 2,600 2.1% 5.6% $115,709 20% 1.7 Laredo 736 1,066 45% 2,600 3.0% 6.0% $89,965 21% 0.0 Longview 212 269 17% 2,300 2.4% 4.6% $121,200 23% 3.0 Lubbock 962 1,611 39% 1,000 0.8% 4.1% $103,600 21% 0.0 McAllen 3,279 3,921 42% 8,300 3.9% 8.2% $101,100 26% 0.5 Midland 489 489 13% 1,500 2.2% 3.3% $122,646 20% 1.9 Odessa 267 729 35% 1,300 2.1% 3.9% $145,300 27% 4.6 San Antonio 6,142 10,561 47% 16,600 2.0% 5.4% $140,600 24% 2.6 Texarkana 99 148 18% 1,000 1.8% 5.1% $78,419 15% 0.0 Tyler 230 304 10% 900 1.0% 5.3% $122,700 22% 0.0 Waco 600 1,034 35% 1,300 1.2% 4.9% $100,000 21% 0.0 Wichita Falls 157 334 37% 900 1.4% 5.5% $100,000 20% 3.0 Total Permits includes both single-family and multifamily residential permits. Total Permits/Peak Permits is the current 12-month total permit activity divided by the perak 12-month period since 1982. The Housing Costs/Income ratio assumes a 20% down payment paid over 7 years, and the remaining 80% amortized over 30 years at the current fixed rates.