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 2026-05-01
Last Updated 2026-06-24 8:47 AM 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
1988-01-01 606.923612935782
1988-02-01 634.074224972421
1988-03-01 904.684324035764
1988-04-01 572.861227671585
1988-05-01 546.819175199435
1988-06-01 502.166297708081
1988-07-01 538.309255168615
1988-08-01 492.933978038716
1988-09-01 503.515609532604
1988-10-01 469.173436471390
1988-11-01 457.815387671710
1988-12-01 525.546472893627
1989-01-01 478.577939465421
1989-02-01 454.284897362947
1989-03-01 441.955248070057
1989-04-01 414.383643252434
1989-05-01 383.910452883815
1989-06-01 399.735211080411
1989-07-01 355.712737045518
1989-08-01 375.652482904602
1989-09-01 404.195849752968
1989-10-01 385.243751559563
1989-11-01 405.827908432657
1989-12-01 361.722292071102
1990-01-01 416.114370681601
1990-02-01 480.628211622785
1990-03-01 342.508303999941
1990-04-01 293.019978258151
1990-05-01 321.805266133584
1990-06-01 315.913802773500
1990-07-01 289.841125880303
1990-08-01 292.812180865515
1990-09-01 249.720108664175
1990-10-01 262.592164020352
1990-11-01 333.294975457951
1990-12-01 272.478919390620
1991-01-01 242.077374974907
1991-02-01 259.095018429256
1991-03-01 299.920745933879
1991-04-01 355.831606964617
1991-05-01 403.164151787988
1991-06-01 366.477036273156
1991-07-01 376.007222413219
1991-08-01 398.488499594303
1991-09-01 377.700789571513
1991-10-01 395.534979615395
1991-11-01 366.137804735338
1991-12-01 343.506133553919
1992-01-01 371.664245158842
1992-02-01 431.704595593802
1992-03-01 487.603787672934
1992-04-01 458.796813269717
1992-05-01 428.590973226474
1992-06-01 448.036754493230
1992-07-01 538.130830416765
1992-08-01 428.053694680386
1992-09-01 495.215467833130
1992-10-01 516.288232233125
1992-11-01 486.185254428189
1992-12-01 584.223107480119
1993-01-01 1058.167936552760
1993-02-01 1028.050945819250
1993-03-01 847.510316002358
1993-04-01 950.148084514903
1993-05-01 987.808562868575
1993-06-01 1030.610701979700
1993-07-01 1070.945467064960
1993-08-01 1113.111343704490
1993-09-01 1158.569380467980
1993-10-01 1175.903550914120
1993-11-01 1219.832824901040
1993-12-01 1122.733230721930
1994-01-01 621.679107277278
1994-02-01 548.163675762112
1994-03-01 575.768970099452
1994-04-01 683.164333044801
1994-05-01 627.523605849255
1994-06-01 647.850442643203
1994-07-01 678.947806516656
1994-08-01 647.703330289893
1994-09-01 664.637991153499
1994-10-01 615.916830334618
1994-11-01 733.626612663966
1994-12-01 738.821450014049
1995-01-01 546.015660175121
1995-02-01 475.125516044508
1995-03-01 581.994104227979
1995-04-01 498.135784574638
1995-05-01 564.836665222157
1995-06-01 560.943326571310
1995-07-01 491.131850183790
1995-08-01 571.443279427902
1995-09-01 553.327942747983
1995-10-01 493.502735091121
1995-11-01 631.949398915260
1995-12-01 508.823493927952
1996-01-01 470.681392293910
1996-02-01 491.881828546728
1996-03-01 567.721474531732
1996-04-01 597.617477513190
1996-05-01 619.530439127452
1996-06-01 552.742987053997
1996-07-01 620.115133319825
1996-08-01 602.836100651514
1996-09-01 562.502748993701
1996-10-01 639.025843319094
1996-11-01 502.936655329689
1996-12-01 578.174603930081
1997-01-01 652.216923133036
1997-02-01 686.249038188608
1997-03-01 587.556503138758
1997-04-01 548.637127041051
1997-05-01 568.884976249468
1997-06-01 602.875203008717
1997-07-01 620.669228541676
1997-08-01 566.859805711175
1997-09-01 577.655858887188
1997-10-01 688.391105208999
1997-11-01 564.527395295424
1997-12-01 611.529204058302
1998-01-01 701.450461376941
1998-02-01 722.898171670928
1998-03-01 639.572655719675
1998-04-01 624.599639337025
1998-05-01 578.923344851757
1998-06-01 605.745038384297
1998-07-01 597.913120908275
1998-08-01 569.961472092178
1998-09-01 668.253864395806
1998-10-01 605.426643260621
1998-11-01 602.487246184053
1998-12-01 692.122282179549
1999-01-01 578.792479816264
1999-02-01 536.150572732127
1999-03-01 591.990377764005
1999-04-01 635.237066002187
1999-05-01 571.236663094010
1999-06-01 573.328330207720
1999-07-01 521.552949931593
1999-08-01 566.079933129551
1999-09-01 528.313282520666
1999-10-01 478.338229384030
1999-11-01 540.839429219465
1999-12-01 581.366675344933
2000-01-01 480.696188255860
2000-02-01 557.449656095403
2000-03-01 575.433272967505
2000-04-01 450.692353771857
2000-05-01 459.506094072656
2000-06-01 493.984602275032
2000-07-01 473.983651398488
2000-08-01 469.849216733248
2000-09-01 471.473059535974
2000-10-01 456.234490641847
2000-11-01 514.441305873976
2000-12-01 489.818662206534
2001-01-01 472.750609431910
2001-02-01 481.453506211355
2001-03-01 388.408697672002
2001-04-01 433.122837147523
2001-05-01 474.725888913716
2001-06-01 441.992366358255
2001-07-01 466.051425357681
2001-08-01 464.067012574108
2001-09-01 410.079197182839
2001-10-01 430.816776668829
2001-11-01 420.047990221551
2001-12-01 415.345086242806
2002-01-01 533.135408978842
2002-02-01 427.326823288510
2002-03-01 442.971147038366
2002-04-01 451.794076520197
2002-05-01 469.491169054057
2002-06-01 399.866414932171
2002-07-01 439.359944872795
2002-08-01 456.121889556209
2002-09-01 440.327961034220
2002-10-01 514.573604245477
2002-11-01 438.505880884386
2002-12-01 395.987370127278
2003-01-01 410.114605989063
2003-02-01 375.790627636105
2003-03-01 363.248697776360
2003-04-01 427.642946620832
2003-05-01 400.797834025489
2003-06-01 432.172293435127
2003-07-01 428.181071267311
2003-08-01 364.982032392836
2003-09-01 459.639536688914
2003-10-01 472.633803837766
2003-11-01 452.233928264650
2003-12-01 487.050200421835
2004-01-01 613.605714322572
2004-02-01 647.394475509712
2004-03-01 678.276032772228
2004-04-01 703.805896715807
2004-05-01 564.260144108422
2004-06-01 680.864422735521
2004-07-01 685.247205805666
2004-08-01 645.724231915024
2004-09-01 637.127472139871
2004-10-01 626.040525511537
2004-11-01 672.392605463557
2004-12-01 692.839841800526
2005-01-01 641.883075195984
2005-02-01 626.661338883998
2005-03-01 660.612607403780
2005-04-01 584.565587597401
2005-05-01 673.183828664352
2005-06-01 643.669810801605
2005-07-01 687.936428280550
2005-08-01 718.469999479692
2005-09-01 821.422563930575
2005-10-01 616.482647710675
2005-11-01 666.822999550757
2005-12-01 649.265113013437
2006-01-01 610.098111552963
2006-02-01 678.000912397885
2006-03-01 653.182369639241
2006-04-01 577.409370796309
2006-05-01 512.370451079992
2006-06-01 563.060661387092
2006-07-01 481.001098134549
2006-08-01 466.101086314630
2006-09-01 480.644413841023
2006-10-01 503.052695748647
2006-11-01 438.062011538855
2006-12-01 445.374987503601
2007-01-01 443.430024963301
2007-02-01 379.230609283343
2007-03-01 374.163536572347
2007-04-01 434.782267667564
2007-05-01 523.975808244124
2007-06-01 397.514946560884
2007-07-01 415.433777484343
2007-08-01 427.143990159468
2007-09-01 362.841378122156
2007-10-01 428.210135798709
2007-11-01 414.450779744912
2007-12-01 514.305616670321
2008-01-01 344.935661583662
2008-02-01 339.325344169923
2008-03-01 254.530445886084
2008-04-01 310.591039662547
2008-05-01 320.794855216109
2008-06-01 264.843714874398
2008-07-01 266.085744705047
2008-08-01 278.301658657670
2008-09-01 306.429937771963
2008-10-01 235.976064183825
2008-11-01 215.960558763157
2008-12-01 197.125800604933
2009-01-01 213.050656507448
2009-02-01 187.931894638808
2009-03-01 223.210308679077
2009-04-01 201.614892754202
2009-05-01 213.941490374468
2009-06-01 257.398864292641
2009-07-01 263.258614837189
2009-08-01 241.544126237980
2009-09-01 278.018677161137
2009-10-01 259.253951865430
2009-11-01 274.067680570978
2009-12-01 342.243354284359
2010-01-01 317.705157710515
2010-02-01 323.154660178973
2010-03-01 304.029108160395
2010-04-01 339.941237303397
2010-05-01 299.763226756696
2010-06-01 334.379641403461
2010-07-01 303.442456096918
2010-08-01 277.181363371061
2010-09-01 316.783227945603
2010-10-01 220.468989566821
2010-11-01 313.976239984372
2010-12-01 356.225160574632
2011-01-01 268.728594205487
2011-02-01 204.080363531863
2011-03-01 273.984107592405
2011-04-01 271.503289458107
2011-05-01 265.072290194525
2011-06-01 265.964576787758
2011-07-01 256.449152136633
2011-08-01 277.539831661867
2011-09-01 259.433331687360
2011-10-01 283.246956871966
2011-11-01 270.677189587280
2011-12-01 268.772703657453
2012-01-01 297.558786108397
2012-02-01 334.735917266019
2012-03-01 356.301345946817
2012-04-01 300.714978700612
2012-05-01 340.650953185474
2012-06-01 284.843488097328
2012-07-01 330.044474570478
2012-08-01 358.825282486339
2012-09-01 329.071565591656
2012-10-01 343.202612558718
2012-11-01 373.106847869447
2012-12-01 367.836774672072
2013-01-01 388.840691391541
2013-02-01 410.491150013073
2013-03-01 369.863815820131
2013-04-01 407.242064438164
2013-05-01 443.248136168018
2013-06-01 406.292653184676
2013-07-01 409.885289861528
2013-08-01 435.688720125411
2013-09-01 416.198686198251
2013-10-01 458.607965962231
2013-11-01 432.419914978660
2013-12-01 407.701598785563
2014-01-01 448.034707152795
2014-02-01 411.552603191161
2014-03-01 386.383469792863
2014-04-01 403.048089499802
2014-05-01 399.507645803810
2014-06-01 377.733831539452
2014-07-01 407.965677733387
2014-08-01 341.394304926915
2014-09-01 469.688222298018
2014-10-01 391.244737931696
2014-11-01 344.603757364428
2014-12-01 424.003130374393
2015-01-01 308.040625440810
2015-02-01 258.782611665320
2015-03-01 314.568183498347
2015-04-01 383.196350135075
2015-05-01 361.484254523671
2015-06-01 409.315782659457
2015-07-01 462.591620914599
2015-08-01 399.759166319524
2015-09-01 439.223751560567
2015-10-01 389.038148804299
2015-11-01 456.646980315887
2015-12-01 451.052014447850
2016-01-01 376.510451665629
2016-02-01 427.160274958587
2016-03-01 490.182768790389
2016-04-01 472.081903501996
2016-05-01 409.765506427576
2016-06-01 472.963757925587
2016-07-01 384.779570856072
2016-08-01 443.190915048508
2016-09-01 429.935769170562
2016-10-01 445.340499616220
2016-11-01 435.045083248429
2016-12-01 437.899508218001
2017-01-01 467.407368720671
2017-02-01 388.371515572901
2017-03-01 451.389209993090
2017-04-01 372.318211546639
2017-05-01 442.838547648293
2017-06-01 413.614984370198
2017-07-01 426.635574256371
2017-08-01 455.839129041138
2017-09-01 439.828138169713
2017-10-01 414.995582107920
2017-11-01 500.871693939854
2017-12-01 435.795034250330
2018-01-01 330.899409189362
2018-02-01 416.497396795599
2018-03-01 434.068909521338
2018-04-01 403.233480044837
2018-05-01 524.112053646218
2018-06-01 397.835060991696
2018-07-01 378.916277199676
2018-08-01 355.952625973963
2018-09-01 375.256557636688
2018-10-01 483.636427049930
2018-11-01 353.972477593029
2018-12-01 350.203397610336
2019-01-01 368.501461660740
2019-02-01 346.226751799904
2019-03-01 301.059913775217
2019-04-01 370.266140871129
2019-05-01 354.557479324135
2019-06-01 331.309846017625
2019-07-01 392.516321581129
2019-08-01 388.714079043880
2019-09-01 369.400845919527
2019-10-01 389.193806935471
2019-11-01 363.042749763784
2019-12-01 318.202982588965
2020-01-01 512.082590812071
2020-02-01 395.887361818396
2020-03-01 375.313473105976
2020-04-01 257.854898274643
2020-05-01 316.280959584332
2020-06-01 368.262339729728
2020-07-01 421.660982021530
2020-08-01 379.178966328854
2020-09-01 412.056102045359
2020-10-01 412.789533134946
2020-11-01 414.722566061803
2020-12-01 424.652066936984
2021-01-01 444.619563518069
2021-02-01 481.423806585740
2021-03-01 454.109376100449
2021-04-01 492.185908224434
2021-05-01 436.366138252680
2021-06-01 447.347205458966
2021-07-01 366.083473923853
2021-08-01 401.977670026028
2021-09-01 383.202974757563
2021-10-01 357.834291327170
2021-11-01 405.119007368810
2021-12-01 422.495583649162
2022-01-01 377.080140497495
2022-02-01 405.011802864151
2022-03-01 409.507510801292
2022-04-01 335.797809581629
2022-05-01 338.893628279009
2022-06-01 314.427227872325
2022-07-01 332.377329191951
2022-08-01 311.861419611104
2022-09-01 398.679559325259
2022-10-01 315.903174709823
2022-11-01 330.221098188721
2022-12-01 326.650131814429
2023-01-01 307.795673848961
2023-02-01 291.121394210108
2023-03-01 299.753673935516
2023-04-01 281.118981078271
2023-05-01 308.238786558051
2023-06-01 370.791919481118
2023-07-01 286.874953247156
2023-08-01 324.626833057133
2023-09-01 262.654094576288
2023-10-01 299.910301032954
2023-11-01 290.743025741393
2023-12-01 289.812915532656
2024-01-01 317.958718163197
2024-02-01 322.506554866330
2024-03-01 301.199541540505
2024-04-01 318.609847477091
2024-05-01 329.900413778246
2024-06-01 353.410663908521
2024-07-01 299.827381676229
2024-08-01 284.457032610562
2024-09-01 285.046630765391
2024-10-01 311.725415436940
2024-11-01 285.829569908013
2024-12-01 281.874467087212
2025-01-01 294.268319679219
2025-02-01 241.836246781810
2025-03-01 279.455200399157
2025-04-01 300.209106675827
2025-05-01 283.359405597506
2025-06-01 235.556454976758
2025-07-01 307.301427342287
2025-08-01 297.821969536096
2025-09-01 319.852968995350
2025-10-01 353.336238583589
2025-11-01 274.907487543443
2025-12-01 275.929393252033
2026-01-01 287.866109290445
2026-02-01 230.499890948018
2026-03-01 286.941910217228
2026-04-01 367.684260102099
2026-05-01 343.933230181924

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