Table Data - New Private Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits: 1-Unit Structures for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (MSA)

Title New Private Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits: 1-Unit Structures for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (MSA)
Series ID BOST625BP1FHSA
Source U.S. Census Bureau
Release Housing Units Authorized By Building Permits (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Units
Date Range 1988-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Last Updated 2026-03-24 12:14 PM CDT
Notes This series represents the total number of building permits for 1-unit structure types. The 1-unit structure type is a single-family home or house. A single-family home or house types include fully detached, semidetached (semidetached, side-by-side), row houses, and townhouses. For attached units, each must be separated from the adjacent unit by a ground-to-roof wall in order to be classified as a single-family structure. These units also must not share heating/air-conditioning systems or utilities. Units built on top of one another and those built side-by-side that do not have a ground-to-roof wall and/or have common facilities (i.e., attic, basement, heating plant, plumbing, etc.) are not included under single-family structures.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis seasonally adjusts this series by using the 'statsmodels' library from Python with default parameter settings. The package uses the U.S. Bureau of the Census X-13ARIMA-SEATS Seasonal Adjustment Program. More information on the 'statsmodels' X-13ARIMA-SEATS package can be found here. More information on X-13ARIMA-SEATS can be found here.

Many series include both seasonally adjusted (SA) and not seasonally adjusted (NSA) data. Occasionally, updates to the data will not include sufficient seasonal factors to trigger a seasonal adjustment. In these cases, the NSA series will be updated normally; but the SA series will also be updated with the NSA data. The NSA series can be located here here.

Some seasonally adjusted series may exhibit negative values because they are created from a seasonal adjustment process regardless of the actual meaning or interpretation of the given indicator.
DATE VALUE
1988-01-01 606.912730713901
1988-02-01 634.060329432746
1988-03-01 904.681197707812
1988-04-01 572.854865087178
1988-05-01 546.814061119112
1988-06-01 502.165020165543
1988-07-01 538.308549995282
1988-08-01 492.934432609117
1988-09-01 503.517463480382
1988-10-01 469.176005817026
1988-11-01 457.824905254332
1988-12-01 525.565973515796
1989-01-01 478.568374471767
1989-02-01 454.273591437873
1989-03-01 441.953370804969
1989-04-01 414.378755995220
1989-05-01 383.905735879280
1989-06-01 399.733698022130
1989-07-01 355.709903376009
1989-08-01 375.653724583704
1989-09-01 404.199322627329
1989-10-01 385.248299181738
1989-11-01 405.838297586624
1989-12-01 361.739802340403
1990-01-01 416.102130341438
1990-02-01 480.610949566486
1990-03-01 342.508440920672
1990-04-01 293.014443431018
1990-05-01 321.798523460361
1990-06-01 315.910667752793
1990-07-01 289.835749024776
1990-08-01 292.813213280033
1990-09-01 249.723834117304
1990-10-01 262.598958436155
1990-11-01 333.311283342181
1990-12-01 272.502499041662
1991-01-01 242.061672780316
1991-02-01 259.079383359089
1991-03-01 299.919574669797
1991-04-01 355.820548116651
1991-05-01 403.152473360410
1991-06-01 366.471185712702
1991-07-01 375.996587566635
1991-08-01 398.490006551852
1991-09-01 377.708508123656
1991-10-01 395.549904680207
1991-11-01 366.167287148917
1991-12-01 343.554938432478
1992-01-01 371.624688412834
1992-02-01 431.661206022806
1992-03-01 487.597804549101
1992-04-01 458.776774906086
1992-05-01 428.574152636576
1992-06-01 448.026811178470
1992-07-01 538.114124534144
1992-08-01 428.055283533293
1992-09-01 495.227424808059
1992-10-01 516.312283472800
1992-11-01 486.238724521477
1992-12-01 584.335490256074
1993-01-01 1058.019366030720
1993-02-01 1027.916030198340
1993-03-01 847.483589733660
1993-04-01 950.097210644946
1993-05-01 987.766358594176
1993-06-01 1030.585906004160
1993-07-01 1070.913673542760
1993-08-01 1113.116630240680
1993-09-01 1158.597658088850
1993-10-01 1175.956479801080
1993-11-01 1220.001200043330
1993-12-01 1122.961479051290
1994-01-01 621.590787538423
1994-02-01 548.079015548361
1994-03-01 575.745997638696
1994-04-01 683.124927197489
1994-05-01 627.496641710216
1994-06-01 647.834627387386
1994-07-01 678.932492242849
1994-08-01 647.705754892874
1994-09-01 664.652119358094
1994-10-01 615.941667444024
1994-11-01 733.739766754898
1994-12-01 738.958024033852
1995-01-01 545.946653594095
1995-02-01 475.052168816403
1995-03-01 581.967075770707
1995-04-01 498.109608169266
1995-05-01 564.817256394508
1995-06-01 560.932922350617
1995-07-01 491.125809505701
1995-08-01 571.445065348985
1995-09-01 553.335811536904
1995-10-01 493.515143754857
1995-11-01 632.043598119770
1995-12-01 508.894992435796
1996-01-01 470.641206803946
1996-02-01 491.812607814662
1996-03-01 567.698611607307
1996-04-01 597.593905336235
1996-05-01 619.514619960751
1996-06-01 552.736383073657
1996-07-01 620.113662617154
1996-08-01 602.837909003091
1996-09-01 562.507632964438
1996-10-01 639.034511084635
1996-11-01 502.996383528896
1996-12-01 578.222834461447
1997-01-01 652.188916172556
1997-02-01 686.178333561898
1997-03-01 587.537902016811
1997-04-01 548.623501960780
1997-05-01 568.876317596396
1997-06-01 602.872125182892
1997-07-01 620.669959505894
1997-08-01 566.861718720254
1997-09-01 577.658451469733
1997-10-01 688.393659471135
1997-11-01 564.574219194325
1997-12-01 611.549942226270
1998-01-01 701.443918411820
1998-02-01 722.847850458434
1998-03-01 639.562600067441
1998-04-01 624.590802276454
1998-05-01 578.918392891800
1998-06-01 605.743534021361
1998-07-01 597.913808498306
1998-08-01 569.962789255123
1998-09-01 668.255858701504
1998-10-01 605.429129984680
1998-11-01 602.515707287627
1998-12-01 692.130202153147
1999-01-01 578.790937972067
1999-02-01 536.129129630106
1999-03-01 591.985782918071
1999-04-01 635.232402168979
1999-05-01 571.234876070753
1999-06-01 573.328218633071
1999-07-01 521.553569758369
1999-08-01 566.080735025056
1999-09-01 528.313917566924
1999-10-01 478.339214506753
1999-11-01 540.849757784270
1999-12-01 581.373101961326
2000-01-01 480.695386964992
2000-02-01 557.437301627430
2000-03-01 575.430449991507
2000-04-01 450.690574641515
2000-05-01 459.505640048788
2000-06-01 493.984855084324
2000-07-01 473.984246124012
2000-08-01 469.849943394571
2000-09-01 471.473756131211
2000-10-01 456.235653926204
2000-11-01 514.441763612915
2000-12-01 489.823134197294
2001-01-01 472.750052556180
2001-02-01 481.450664614694
2001-03-01 388.407038371192
2001-04-01 433.121540649820
2001-05-01 474.725630700000
2001-06-01 441.992544656167
2001-07-01 466.051823317715
2001-08-01 464.067490277667
2001-09-01 410.079447257584
2001-10-01 430.817189611153
2001-11-01 420.048012305550
2001-12-01 415.347133743283
2002-01-01 533.134921942724
2002-02-01 427.326423150758
2002-03-01 442.969865603739
2002-04-01 451.793309434279
2002-05-01 469.491026875928
2002-06-01 399.866479088442
2002-07-01 439.360119708551
2002-08-01 456.122205847537
2002-09-01 440.328080435982
2002-10-01 514.573995612812
2002-11-01 438.505938976691
2002-12-01 395.987897126660
2003-01-01 410.114502086264
2003-02-01 375.790588271963
2003-03-01 363.248210857772
2003-04-01 427.642653437237
2003-05-01 400.797780139749
2003-06-01 432.172289904316
2003-07-01 428.181114072586
2003-08-01 364.982189203302
2003-09-01 459.639586388804
2003-10-01 472.634115631678
2003-11-01 452.233973303629
2003-12-01 487.050238668717
2004-01-01 613.605618999973
2004-02-01 647.394443117095
2004-03-01 678.275659576392
2004-04-01 703.805787310805
2004-05-01 564.260082100494
2004-06-01 680.864385158215
2004-07-01 685.247211153289
2004-08-01 645.724454222558
2004-09-01 637.127485405696
2004-10-01 626.040760011855
2004-11-01 672.392588749054
2004-12-01 692.839804245622
2005-01-01 641.882965623670
2005-02-01 626.661271641546
2005-03-01 660.612539876021
2005-04-01 584.565534531425
2005-05-01 673.183801169451
2005-06-01 643.669795603701
2005-07-01 687.936427099201
2005-08-01 718.470149513593
2005-09-01 821.422555066250
2005-10-01 616.482748953125
2005-11-01 666.822970739410
2005-12-01 649.265076730603
2006-01-01 610.098070654817
2006-02-01 678.000870112455
2006-03-01 653.182340344136
2006-04-01 577.409353264546
2006-05-01 512.370451637099
2006-06-01 563.060658605577
2006-07-01 481.001098794660
2006-08-01 466.101136573762
2006-09-01 480.644412899393
2006-10-01 503.052700269789
2006-11-01 438.062008449464
2006-12-01 445.374979900431
2007-01-01 443.430014534691
2007-02-01 379.230600514082
2007-03-01 374.163531089824
2007-04-01 434.782264107344
2007-05-01 523.975812539655
2007-06-01 397.514948363428
2007-07-01 415.433780859963
2007-08-01 427.143993956548
2007-09-01 362.841378300248
2007-10-01 428.210139163709
2007-11-01 414.450778589997
2007-12-01 514.305612809216
2008-01-01 344.935659596562
2008-02-01 339.325342253315
2008-03-01 254.530445479317
2008-04-01 310.591040037811
2008-05-01 320.794856990801
2008-06-01 264.843715438018
2008-07-01 266.085745063422
2008-08-01 278.301658719017
2008-09-01 306.429935868805
2008-10-01 235.976064162180
2008-11-01 215.960557830145
2008-12-01 197.125799623705
2009-01-01 213.050656572591
2009-02-01 187.931895239087
2009-03-01 223.210313109595
2009-04-01 201.614892799656
2009-05-01 213.941490742016
2009-06-01 257.398860160886
2009-07-01 263.258615398488
2009-08-01 241.544127323645
2009-09-01 278.018677191357
2009-10-01 259.253952093372
2009-11-01 274.067679646836
2009-12-01 342.243351187836
2010-01-01 317.705154345509
2010-02-01 323.154655625545
2010-03-01 304.029130046839
2010-04-01 339.941228325541
2010-05-01 299.763220459518
2010-06-01 334.379628085174
2010-07-01 303.442459379254
2010-08-01 277.181371266678
2010-09-01 316.783237075825
2010-10-01 220.468995349509
2010-11-01 313.976241681238
2010-12-01 356.225153332189
2011-01-01 268.728582121713
2011-02-01 204.080350639125
2011-03-01 273.984131788596
2011-04-01 271.503266461526
2011-05-01 265.072272826034
2011-06-01 265.964552694855
2011-07-01 256.449145238642
2011-08-01 277.539898181096
2011-09-01 259.433375265899
2011-10-01 283.246951519765
2011-11-01 270.677180069432
2011-12-01 268.772707397444
2012-01-01 297.558771739221
2012-02-01 334.735821912112
2012-03-01 356.301402646981
2012-04-01 300.714951869253
2012-05-01 340.650905523202
2012-06-01 284.843421635128
2012-07-01 330.044339430763
2012-08-01 358.825427046246
2012-09-01 329.071695087239
2012-10-01 343.202656375273
2012-11-01 373.106951371719
2012-12-01 367.836939597964
2013-01-01 388.840616468841
2013-02-01 410.490992573386
2013-03-01 369.863863328447
2013-04-01 407.241931044177
2013-05-01 443.247861736835
2013-06-01 406.292216406172
2013-07-01 409.885325243153
2013-08-01 435.688755761214
2013-09-01 416.198925736719
2013-10-01 458.608270626045
2013-11-01 432.420441627796
2013-12-01 407.702182756712
2014-01-01 448.034614740466
2014-02-01 411.552239375782
2014-03-01 386.383167769788
2014-04-01 403.047627783084
2014-05-01 399.506981324913
2014-06-01 377.733108671450
2014-07-01 407.966179585255
2014-08-01 341.394296428511
2014-09-01 469.688302161928
2014-10-01 391.244702754853
2014-11-01 344.608491343583
2014-12-01 424.002065829700
2015-01-01 308.040333742591
2015-02-01 258.780509142956
2015-03-01 314.565653068983
2015-04-01 383.194064770925
2015-05-01 361.483806372960
2015-06-01 409.315569601976
2015-07-01 462.595054262527
2015-08-01 399.761312508424
2015-09-01 439.225696906860
2015-10-01 389.038370925360
2015-11-01 456.658561923459
2015-12-01 451.047600470603
2016-01-01 376.507534434941
2016-02-01 427.150438555913
2016-03-01 490.167124469836
2016-04-01 472.075724567620
2016-05-01 409.765872368030
2016-06-01 472.967454552952
2016-07-01 384.789028671418
2016-08-01 443.200947345228
2016-09-01 429.943797184287
2016-10-01 445.346751892927
2016-11-01 435.068413929547
2016-12-01 437.850911798189
2017-01-01 467.411287185062
2017-02-01 388.368170750965
2017-03-01 451.373501692205
2017-04-01 372.282765337544
2017-05-01 442.840076255719
2017-06-01 413.615450789188
2017-07-01 426.715625672421
2017-08-01 455.844953270700
2017-09-01 439.831856624017
2017-10-01 414.998643928570
2017-11-01 500.898431516104
2017-12-01 435.701787868617
2018-01-01 330.908332593540
2018-02-01 416.506956254506
2018-03-01 434.060408629820
2018-04-01 403.166875707055
2018-05-01 524.114158846715
2018-06-01 397.827103724898
2018-07-01 379.060180785825
2018-08-01 355.941637589888
2018-09-01 375.242520847222
2018-10-01 483.622919903992
2018-11-01 353.986901757827
2018-12-01 350.097263581891
2019-01-01 368.527431340642
2019-02-01 346.252523303313
2019-03-01 301.123636408856
2019-04-01 370.163965266002
2019-05-01 354.531404237424
2019-06-01 331.267444290521
2019-07-01 392.711009208176
2019-08-01 388.670095090476
2019-09-01 369.383583170999
2019-10-01 389.183419811673
2019-11-01 363.052599297911
2019-12-01 318.116787326830
2020-01-01 512.141114133063
2020-02-01 395.927568915481
2020-03-01 375.476279507765
2020-04-01 257.783081857616
2020-05-01 316.262104239989
2020-06-01 367.963169874307
2020-07-01 421.967913316628
2020-08-01 379.282028025072
2020-09-01 411.945015022952
2020-10-01 412.946523640897
2020-11-01 414.752359403308
2020-12-01 424.450504203134
2021-01-01 444.489691389781
2021-02-01 481.304284869588
2021-03-01 454.360536339698
2021-04-01 492.178231904017
2021-05-01 436.670578791387
2021-06-01 445.928329177632
2021-07-01 366.703309679910
2021-08-01 402.528052304139
2021-09-01 383.250180763476
2021-10-01 358.256689353779
2021-11-01 405.239647153471
2021-12-01 422.286773937469
2022-01-01 376.841682750679
2022-02-01 402.354539671861
2022-03-01 409.793589040467
2022-04-01 336.720058721083
2022-05-01 339.658988484379
2022-06-01 312.418406973055
2022-07-01 333.605479991269
2022-08-01 312.950270486461
2022-09-01 399.322695713163
2022-10-01 316.666738923014
2022-11-01 330.506996450839
2022-12-01 326.300795407787
2023-01-01 306.986980295869
2023-02-01 286.605053866801
2023-03-01 297.227455952563
2023-04-01 283.474797332844
2023-05-01 312.035192213753
2023-06-01 367.415676368011
2023-07-01 288.407314038695
2023-08-01 326.461567786772
2023-09-01 263.577603964404
2023-10-01 300.757139257001
2023-11-01 291.274496875020
2023-12-01 289.393658752627
2024-01-01 316.338535831799
2024-02-01 312.052677056774
2024-03-01 296.112558658094
2024-04-01 323.683869600847
2024-05-01 337.226336804685
2024-06-01 349.649063654461
2024-07-01 301.933028159497
2024-08-01 286.674021307732
2024-09-01 286.532446180088
2024-10-01 312.727491134646
2024-11-01 286.681206815426
2024-12-01 281.242264398829
2025-01-01 291.798649992083
2025-02-01 230.154957620806
2025-03-01 271.430280875050
2025-04-01 307.324561630740
2025-05-01 292.984759628120
2025-06-01 232.881803338401
2025-07-01 309.775978265887
2025-08-01 300.581288485141
2025-09-01 321.894500560121
2025-10-01 354.332003875852
2025-11-01 276.007497025875
2025-12-01 275.297653671378
2026-01-01 284.930744974553

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