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 2026-04-01
Last Updated 2026-06-01 11:10 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
1988-01-01 606.914226706008
1988-02-01 634.061243032274
1988-03-01 904.681933624384
1988-04-01 572.855455697095
1988-05-01 546.813432523733
1988-06-01 502.164973711000
1988-07-01 538.308360727486
1988-08-01 492.934134153771
1988-09-01 503.517124525142
1988-10-01 469.175697199333
1988-11-01 457.825453271720
1988-12-01 525.564733178448
1989-01-01 478.569534612830
1989-02-01 454.274268672869
1989-03-01 441.953702538697
1989-04-01 414.379269838008
1989-05-01 383.905289539334
1989-06-01 399.733823094246
1989-07-01 355.709386677374
1989-08-01 375.653746313646
1989-09-01 404.199328345740
1989-10-01 385.248099067328
1989-11-01 405.838371463960
1989-12-01 361.738139648865
1990-01-01 416.104188649936
1990-02-01 480.612302503032
1990-03-01 342.508600406372
1990-04-01 293.014832752665
1990-05-01 321.798020820837
1990-06-01 315.910700031386
1990-07-01 289.834816666723
1990-08-01 292.813283084136
1990-09-01 249.723974454188
1990-10-01 262.599045814059
1990-11-01 333.311793006769
1990-12-01 272.501882702391
1991-01-01 242.062457144786
1991-02-01 259.079892655403
1991-03-01 299.919278668978
1991-04-01 355.820878913373
1991-05-01 403.151784707138
1991-06-01 366.471152182234
1991-07-01 375.994778570107
1991-08-01 398.490217482038
1991-09-01 377.708970738754
1991-10-01 395.550382539334
1991-11-01 366.168809706031
1991-12-01 343.555413821182
1992-01-01 371.625039088002
1992-02-01 431.660858418039
1992-03-01 487.596515190866
1992-04-01 458.776801131996
1992-05-01 428.573088614893
1992-06-01 448.026443717046
1992-07-01 538.111259376988
1992-08-01 428.055431816536
1992-09-01 495.228207148130
1992-10-01 516.313546543356
1992-11-01 486.242912089907
1992-12-01 584.339805318089
1993-01-01 1058.014538548610
1993-02-01 1027.910487340420
1993-03-01 847.479499849759
1993-04-01 950.095961251543
1993-05-01 987.763762818437
1993-06-01 1030.584834075670
1993-07-01 1070.908211724370
1993-08-01 1113.117396011820
1993-09-01 1158.599987130070
1993-10-01 1175.959743964850
1993-11-01 1220.016747286900
1993-12-01 1122.971085569710
1994-01-01 621.587171290339
1994-02-01 548.073989502241
1994-03-01 575.742649150460
1994-04-01 683.123163697528
1994-05-01 627.494812993578
1994-06-01 647.833528611086
1994-07-01 678.929789614084
1994-08-01 647.705955280130
1994-09-01 664.653284277022
1994-10-01 615.943625989779
1994-11-01 733.752016718341
1994-12-01 738.966111388296
1995-01-01 545.941686057940
1995-02-01 475.046189460313
1995-03-01 581.963479488799
1995-04-01 498.107947761069
1995-05-01 564.815852094990
1995-06-01 560.932071006401
1995-07-01 491.124731656702
1995-08-01 571.445191670242
1995-09-01 553.336499255505
1995-10-01 493.516303594165
1995-11-01 632.054638398702
1995-12-01 508.899786016305
1996-01-01 470.637589678292
1996-02-01 491.806037082410
1996-03-01 567.695802597267
1996-04-01 597.591983635216
1996-05-01 619.513212276146
1996-06-01 552.735681173572
1996-07-01 620.113342184321
1996-08-01 602.837938600052
1996-09-01 562.508023766830
1996-10-01 639.035605858816
1996-11-01 503.003982776236
1996-12-01 578.226841165107
1997-01-01 652.185113774789
1997-02-01 686.170694587780
1997-03-01 587.535831807451
1997-04-01 548.622092696590
1997-05-01 568.875451762188
1997-06-01 602.871841704812
1997-07-01 620.670052603965
1997-08-01 566.861934477623
1997-09-01 577.658732991529
1997-10-01 688.394089294216
1997-11-01 564.580069838137
1997-12-01 611.551244935736
1998-01-01 701.443079278207
1998-02-01 722.842611156919
1998-03-01 639.561359768511
1998-04-01 624.589767652179
1998-05-01 578.917842225384
1998-06-01 605.743368211553
1998-07-01 597.913871048149
1998-08-01 569.962926485945
1998-09-01 668.256039297102
1998-10-01 605.429479033986
1998-11-01 602.519195000901
1998-12-01 692.131062829512
1999-01-01 578.790603713454
1999-02-01 536.126890991899
1999-03-01 591.985082636752
1999-04-01 635.231806365411
1999-05-01 571.234657054603
1999-06-01 573.328199946845
1999-07-01 521.553628843085
1999-08-01 566.080812292746
1999-09-01 528.313968166114
1999-10-01 478.339381606649
1999-11-01 540.851007182686
1999-12-01 581.373898766967
2000-01-01 480.695250542881
2000-02-01 557.436044270627
2000-03-01 575.429999714327
2000-04-01 450.690344014950
2000-05-01 459.505572866542
2000-06-01 493.984868232937
2000-07-01 473.984298428393
2000-08-01 469.850019576620
2000-09-01 471.473833055110
2000-10-01 456.235832496208
2000-11-01 514.441821737777
2000-12-01 489.823713968379
2001-01-01 472.749988206636
2001-02-01 481.450383312275
2001-03-01 388.406781608342
2001-04-01 433.121379398357
2001-05-01 474.725593438523
2001-06-01 441.992558535448
2001-07-01 466.051865976706
2001-08-01 464.067550563175
2001-09-01 410.079481025931
2001-10-01 430.817247012910
2001-11-01 420.048022110331
2001-12-01 415.347402653000
2002-01-01 533.134869817640
2002-02-01 427.326382088161
2002-03-01 442.969665511546
2002-04-01 451.793218459765
2002-05-01 469.491010354773
2002-06-01 399.866486372463
2002-07-01 439.360141322990
2002-08-01 456.122250401725
2002-09-01 440.328097765253
2002-10-01 514.574049326866
2002-11-01 438.505950230131
2002-12-01 395.987962950260
2003-01-01 410.114491094135
2003-02-01 375.790586312411
2003-03-01 363.248130328249
2003-04-01 427.642618952585
2003-05-01 400.797775030953
2003-06-01 432.172290827951
2003-07-01 428.181120939203
2003-08-01 364.982213361524
2003-09-01 459.639593682180
2003-10-01 472.634156283805
2003-11-01 452.233979139733
2003-12-01 487.050243159636
2004-01-01 613.605605302186
2004-02-01 647.394437786852
2004-03-01 678.275601588928
2004-04-01 703.805772811388
2004-05-01 564.260074867070
2004-06-01 680.864381316980
2004-07-01 685.247213213220
2004-08-01 645.724488738384
2004-09-01 637.127487328340
2004-10-01 626.040790164239
2004-11-01 672.392585890025
2004-12-01 692.839798281424
2005-01-01 641.882949978981
2005-02-01 626.661261569920
2005-03-01 660.612530034247
2005-04-01 584.565526928158
2005-05-01 673.183797622091
2005-06-01 643.669793645233
2005-07-01 687.936427192919
2005-08-01 718.470172582783
2005-09-01 821.422553756091
2005-10-01 616.482761918692
2005-11-01 666.822966589508
2005-12-01 649.265071534073
2006-01-01 610.098064819162
2006-02-01 678.000864102746
2006-03-01 653.182336154101
2006-04-01 577.409350668595
2006-05-01 512.370451693002
2006-06-01 563.060658074018
2006-07-01 481.001098833647
2006-08-01 466.101144253356
2006-09-01 480.644412938000
2006-10-01 503.052701129257
2006-11-01 438.062008111653
2006-12-01 445.374978726052
2007-01-01 443.430012754234
2007-02-01 379.230598898946
2007-03-01 374.163529904335
2007-04-01 434.782263085920
2007-05-01 523.975812736658
2007-06-01 397.514948443353
2007-07-01 415.433781449983
2007-08-01 427.143994960619
2007-09-01 362.841379257451
2007-10-01 428.210141057573
2007-11-01 414.450779430251
2007-12-01 514.305612167149
2008-01-01 344.935658556033
2008-02-01 339.325339936722
2008-03-01 254.530444171297
2008-04-01 310.591038682485
2008-05-01 320.794856368349
2008-06-01 264.843715363623
2008-07-01 266.085745483633
2008-08-01 278.301659661591
2008-09-01 306.429937704152
2008-10-01 235.976066418419
2008-11-01 215.960559568001
2008-12-01 197.125800228401
2009-01-01 213.050656678708
2009-02-01 187.931890506101
2009-03-01 223.210305891243
2009-04-01 201.614891372673
2009-05-01 213.941489950521
2009-06-01 257.398863333700
2009-07-01 263.258616709197
2009-08-01 241.544129539221
2009-09-01 278.018681157419
2009-10-01 259.253957256817
2009-11-01 274.067684500006
2009-12-01 342.243354451405
2010-01-01 317.705154499411
2010-02-01 323.154638133454
2010-03-01 304.029091837612
2010-04-01 339.941222802185
2010-05-01 299.763220928496
2010-06-01 334.379642992916
2010-07-01 303.442472582054
2010-08-01 277.181386430172
2010-09-01 316.783251570879
2010-10-01 220.469001798780
2010-11-01 313.976241825700
2010-12-01 356.225145565127
2011-01-01 268.728569206680
2011-02-01 204.080325429304
2011-03-01 273.984062485558
2011-04-01 271.503255982278
2011-05-01 265.072274925433
2011-06-01 265.964576224948
2011-07-01 256.449172254364
2011-08-01 277.539994378108
2011-09-01 259.433383082550
2011-10-01 283.246962958880
2011-11-01 270.677165910209
2011-12-01 268.772647486272
2012-01-01 297.558694066051
2012-02-01 334.735764887071
2012-03-01 356.301212580875
2012-04-01 300.714889867975
2012-05-01 340.650901179982
2012-06-01 284.843470153119
2012-07-01 330.044786977002
2012-08-01 358.825661875636
2012-09-01 329.071654178159
2012-10-01 343.202600254227
2012-11-01 373.106799744761
2012-12-01 367.836686173790
2013-01-01 388.839754803344
2013-02-01 410.490955871207
2013-03-01 369.863700732044
2013-04-01 407.241956829433
2013-05-01 443.248092327571
2013-06-01 406.292681987215
2013-07-01 409.886173051339
2013-08-01 435.689415530234
2013-09-01 416.198819866870
2013-10-01 458.607866792561
2013-11-01 432.419741103201
2013-12-01 407.701345675690
2014-01-01 448.032512342639
2014-02-01 411.552269838957
2014-03-01 386.383255659583
2014-04-01 403.047911979471
2014-05-01 399.507663097665
2014-06-01 377.734107693586
2014-07-01 407.967420630372
2014-08-01 341.395323681169
2014-09-01 469.689030444592
2014-10-01 391.245068579830
2014-11-01 344.601667205482
2014-12-01 424.003036912983
2015-01-01 308.037601442219
2015-02-01 258.782337066472
2015-03-01 314.567956393307
2015-04-01 383.196264558334
2015-05-01 361.484804750394
2015-06-01 409.316754905250
2015-07-01 462.594774298274
2015-08-01 399.761350030983
2015-09-01 439.225347467297
2015-10-01 389.039066203975
2015-11-01 456.640926623257
2015-12-01 451.051100539262
2016-01-01 376.504901891289
2016-02-01 427.159093693581
2016-03-01 490.180281255818
2016-04-01 472.082213157777
2016-05-01 409.767048343085
2016-06-01 472.966155904289
2016-07-01 384.783937526225
2016-08-01 443.195407991584
2016-09-01 429.939854232870
2016-10-01 445.345258394591
2016-11-01 435.039611073400
2016-12-01 437.884577218884
2017-01-01 467.397678249640
2017-02-01 388.371770266389
2017-03-01 451.384992272364
2017-04-01 372.317450496953
2017-05-01 442.843523608064
2017-06-01 413.617134910343
2017-07-01 426.646108155047
2017-08-01 455.845967286972
2017-09-01 439.835579642580
2017-10-01 415.004151463389
2017-11-01 500.869078598384
2017-12-01 435.765629049094
2018-01-01 330.890358100449
2018-02-01 416.495235828597
2018-03-01 434.059552950094
2018-04-01 403.228101573069
2018-05-01 524.117941727277
2018-06-01 397.835249095840
2018-07-01 378.941810118548
2018-08-01 355.959620300911
2018-09-01 375.266795995247
2018-10-01 483.653139147906
2018-11-01 353.974715327787
2018-12-01 350.169865550470
2019-01-01 368.491378669487
2019-02-01 346.226975293696
2019-03-01 301.029798049534
2019-04-01 370.260363558237
2019-05-01 354.564749921711
2019-06-01 331.309405347849
2019-07-01 392.557965452157
2019-08-01 388.718893305884
2019-09-01 369.442337298276
2019-10-01 389.201642901562
2019-11-01 363.042327256192
2019-12-01 318.167315935114
2020-01-01 512.060990318963
2020-02-01 395.881267337916
2020-03-01 375.238084543788
2020-04-01 257.846027593186
2020-05-01 316.284835589424
2020-06-01 368.320001130519
2020-07-01 421.725433321522
2020-08-01 379.184276011018
2020-09-01 412.204024441820
2020-10-01 412.760796601603
2020-11-01 414.662322901345
2020-12-01 424.521649472799
2021-01-01 444.510567359954
2021-02-01 481.359505364399
2021-03-01 453.976373876192
2021-04-01 492.225457775614
2021-05-01 436.472216280447
2021-06-01 447.559694578579
2021-07-01 366.215355911138
2021-08-01 402.031508453822
2021-09-01 383.445226389998
2021-10-01 357.737781908973
2021-11-01 404.899258531821
2021-12-01 422.134184143615
2022-01-01 376.725433665112
2022-02-01 404.982981937885
2022-03-01 409.300889819381
2022-04-01 335.889686608949
2022-05-01 339.144384843492
2022-06-01 314.802010146896
2022-07-01 332.675036118950
2022-08-01 312.040443079472
2022-09-01 399.166122567484
2022-10-01 315.526407403890
2022-11-01 329.943663182052
2022-12-01 326.070082742866
2023-01-01 306.990897892027
2023-02-01 290.955929912970
2023-03-01 298.712638293789
2023-04-01 281.486350298651
2023-05-01 310.240183175495
2023-06-01 371.501226888531
2023-07-01 286.886700594400
2023-08-01 324.838108081358
2023-09-01 263.008864835426
2023-10-01 299.161745704765
2023-11-01 290.359000586803
2023-12-01 288.969726941896
2024-01-01 316.480101540543
2024-02-01 322.120929846662
2024-03-01 299.365879893253
2024-04-01 319.683879311976
2024-05-01 333.643538363978
2024-06-01 354.372295378181
2024-07-01 299.470890176047
2024-08-01 284.637348153608
2024-09-01 285.470947294453
2024-10-01 310.527173113431
2024-11-01 285.365822086638
2024-12-01 280.725653810592
2025-01-01 292.270968805190
2025-02-01 241.284287212433
2025-03-01 276.860411906700
2025-04-01 301.967756394723
2025-05-01 288.281155711756
2025-06-01 236.299409043600
2025-07-01 306.394950011906
2025-08-01 297.904295371604
2025-09-01 320.205798075225
2025-10-01 351.646608337452
2025-11-01 274.361004202554
2025-12-01 274.569504187096
2026-01-01 285.495562252345
2026-02-01 229.859986627161
2026-03-01 284.025130079342
2026-04-01 370.608439031385

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