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

Title New Private Housing Structures Authorized by Building Permits for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (MSA)
Series ID BOST625BPPRIVSA
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 all structure types. Structure types include 1-unit, 2-unit, 3-unit, 4-unit, and 5-unit or more.

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 1096.428997653580
1988-02-01 1072.311725755270
1988-03-01 1466.631122060010
1988-04-01 1020.938530813580
1988-05-01 944.363614025602
1988-06-01 1032.041333892890
1988-07-01 799.416990404174
1988-08-01 749.817055421898
1988-09-01 851.745069919616
1988-10-01 661.075672070057
1988-11-01 704.250533488341
1988-12-01 963.280488421789
1989-01-01 722.130148611144
1989-02-01 791.600953280003
1989-03-01 774.867126544457
1989-04-01 731.989901976070
1989-05-01 585.538883841922
1989-06-01 562.008802915107
1989-07-01 805.982762423831
1989-08-01 600.001286432811
1989-09-01 715.059434980660
1989-10-01 691.857832576576
1989-11-01 683.287187802038
1989-12-01 656.907950040514
1990-01-01 893.536531678012
1990-02-01 627.999206314643
1990-03-01 464.099500625560
1990-04-01 342.956150466764
1990-05-01 442.026736203284
1990-06-01 486.006847142733
1990-07-01 353.475840242297
1990-08-01 451.134078731787
1990-09-01 315.806936952381
1990-10-01 396.895449291579
1990-11-01 363.636496299963
1990-12-01 341.331617650610
1991-01-01 373.541374670372
1991-02-01 288.115719563751
1991-03-01 358.418682181519
1991-04-01 390.632974834321
1991-05-01 469.541667424467
1991-06-01 397.223094648896
1991-07-01 408.300510393911
1991-08-01 448.812839840061
1991-09-01 428.083979771787
1991-10-01 438.641794810577
1991-11-01 386.030368568354
1991-12-01 416.104827048561
1992-01-01 397.831357477665
1992-02-01 451.049778191188
1992-03-01 532.193587634984
1992-04-01 631.092653506834
1992-05-01 475.366970835305
1992-06-01 530.861259089298
1992-07-01 578.456962337964
1992-08-01 453.556357877590
1992-09-01 557.328635381308
1992-10-01 551.487821588704
1992-11-01 648.322893008391
1992-12-01 629.774476237091
1993-01-01 1086.736047186020
1993-02-01 1164.964862229790
1993-03-01 944.574578464102
1993-04-01 1027.119010997100
1993-05-01 1193.252071913360
1993-06-01 1107.528637112060
1993-07-01 1190.322086132880
1993-08-01 1365.689112652800
1993-09-01 1288.502497378470
1993-10-01 1245.680746964820
1993-11-01 1173.142881521220
1993-12-01 1435.121645846800
1994-01-01 670.829826969539
1994-02-01 609.777886073259
1994-03-01 806.569780403228
1994-04-01 796.034627939011
1994-05-01 717.434830300615
1994-06-01 710.165980537961
1994-07-01 723.253627155176
1994-08-01 688.467598940393
1994-09-01 782.223249771079
1994-10-01 713.597106883476
1994-11-01 745.196894986478
1994-12-01 756.861220637500
1995-01-01 623.278794608052
1995-02-01 543.541703167682
1995-03-01 670.856749838685
1995-04-01 580.888470391396
1995-05-01 644.614687220088
1995-06-01 647.770341932686
1995-07-01 593.458725414734
1995-08-01 637.562032601290
1995-09-01 598.221146600456
1995-10-01 570.229529050562
1995-11-01 642.041694078299
1995-12-01 572.031541898786
1996-01-01 503.761219206510
1996-02-01 532.731777662525
1996-03-01 663.516093961902
1996-04-01 733.992385281596
1996-05-01 749.143965585330
1996-06-01 636.803619588000
1996-07-01 673.909999069318
1996-08-01 685.643906767068
1996-09-01 710.400777546173
1996-10-01 787.877026246615
1996-11-01 812.938235908826
1996-12-01 798.454728694045
1997-01-01 1199.677683202780
1997-02-01 763.743248545672
1997-03-01 681.510110085858
1997-04-01 616.846112223504
1997-05-01 668.814219888695
1997-06-01 824.306454222054
1997-07-01 662.619729799020
1997-08-01 755.924602773327
1997-09-01 705.710599840021
1997-10-01 764.453851621601
1997-11-01 545.934225829877
1997-12-01 688.941293595911
1998-01-01 791.322794034987
1998-02-01 898.475310630434
1998-03-01 839.989050647466
1998-04-01 743.896503131170
1998-05-01 705.026176666346
1998-06-01 642.362289664647
1998-07-01 732.520155520547
1998-08-01 745.371619949137
1998-09-01 1099.704470032340
1998-10-01 687.034552953221
1998-11-01 620.365885008602
1998-12-01 839.911296350614
1999-01-01 823.890190390970
1999-02-01 834.414100667176
1999-03-01 735.713156126819
1999-04-01 773.371514631962
1999-05-01 720.451714959646
1999-06-01 868.532095954950
1999-07-01 860.310563818989
1999-08-01 698.790675861704
1999-09-01 758.409817543318
1999-10-01 823.992420819324
1999-11-01 747.577559415021
1999-12-01 1041.631027286250
2000-01-01 637.718838425350
2000-02-01 587.667587832008
2000-03-01 1037.049029442770
2000-04-01 842.167773238831
2000-05-01 641.920578963669
2000-06-01 618.662561342990
2000-07-01 964.417195995967
2000-08-01 639.421241130750
2000-09-01 679.748654425533
2000-10-01 631.535957902930
2000-11-01 840.924746015618
2000-12-01 689.790412005990
2001-01-01 815.393611319680
2001-02-01 833.375743398352
2001-03-01 501.429878061030
2001-04-01 650.916062417496
2001-05-01 822.074195558509
2001-06-01 655.077270931208
2001-07-01 805.712805535112
2001-08-01 684.613376196168
2001-09-01 680.541906688657
2001-10-01 575.367643882742
2001-11-01 687.307570899738
2001-12-01 570.228114056392
2002-01-01 681.546787696568
2002-02-01 741.069084675304
2002-03-01 646.018357250111
2002-04-01 599.282637321239
2002-05-01 1058.028784165070
2002-06-01 808.051788668768
2002-07-01 563.092788196856
2002-08-01 754.886621647583
2002-09-01 648.353466416933
2002-10-01 692.272068783336
2002-11-01 521.312876055258
2002-12-01 532.284999372756
2003-01-01 546.024857339820
2003-02-01 629.222395071408
2003-03-01 600.571057879468
2003-04-01 886.346843906688
2003-05-01 576.918349349837
2003-06-01 686.949007310854
2003-07-01 752.141352609956
2003-08-01 1310.295037102520
2003-09-01 754.477253324268
2003-10-01 944.721304057070
2003-11-01 1014.758865128160
2003-12-01 915.617962718034
2004-01-01 1395.596324702170
2004-02-01 916.734398179827
2004-03-01 962.634483194245
2004-04-01 1272.998644916200
2004-05-01 1157.189520548900
2004-06-01 1082.510101741500
2004-07-01 1110.151674854290
2004-08-01 1235.719532175560
2004-09-01 1360.543483520290
2004-10-01 1321.037671049840
2004-11-01 1473.368578617430
2004-12-01 1538.091144128950
2005-01-01 1558.883784305720
2005-02-01 1249.950967220760
2005-03-01 1509.120198717460
2005-04-01 1184.733704667840
2005-05-01 1367.128416215440
2005-06-01 1584.878994768860
2005-07-01 1469.508740782030
2005-08-01 1228.159801054940
2005-09-01 1333.564962868430
2005-10-01 1280.826009597870
2005-11-01 1263.219906463020
2005-12-01 1454.271598447170
2006-01-01 1211.536559616040
2006-02-01 1363.079044024640
2006-03-01 1513.144387062200
2006-04-01 1878.912977251440
2006-05-01 965.630338226833
2006-06-01 1262.953147961530
2006-07-01 987.041954924241
2006-08-01 1158.427095248030
2006-09-01 1145.553296224890
2006-10-01 1035.869473460200
2006-11-01 1070.704386826920
2006-12-01 1117.301556632250
2007-01-01 2174.682859503540
2007-02-01 789.554843637410
2007-03-01 796.507847716431
2007-04-01 818.936019381181
2007-05-01 974.111427370107
2007-06-01 644.150641867229
2007-07-01 988.222421486739
2007-08-01 781.708736945443
2007-09-01 694.123786015876
2007-10-01 782.135063608758
2007-11-01 705.337973282301
2007-12-01 586.740513234229
2008-01-01 598.520883547434
2008-02-01 546.535344393498
2008-03-01 865.670748436680
2008-04-01 671.658074391164
2008-05-01 623.318120723654
2008-06-01 1537.227785519470
2008-07-01 513.028288978337
2008-08-01 454.641609294394
2008-09-01 630.752912140288
2008-10-01 408.033185197723
2008-11-01 313.490651418001
2008-12-01 364.543821184520
2009-01-01 370.787725567444
2009-02-01 1294.864550318630
2009-03-01 388.861943443043
2009-04-01 308.024943056907
2009-05-01 327.892109040804
2009-06-01 300.196165555612
2009-07-01 349.665474905697
2009-08-01 561.073561071893
2009-09-01 456.695840494458
2009-10-01 398.295445650757
2009-11-01 368.487997155332
2009-12-01 543.862871458573
2010-01-01 509.780028811654
2010-02-01 657.103353820927
2010-03-01 430.698994447364
2010-04-01 586.056711829439
2010-05-01 281.941132849840
2010-06-01 741.794144420323
2010-07-01 701.146170433874
2010-08-01 583.128655707361
2010-09-01 546.823490369396
2010-10-01 489.079211935404
2010-11-01 685.596631015336
2010-12-01 482.051379406007
2011-01-01 412.392189730668
2011-02-01 347.118111634663
2011-03-01 447.887255192123
2011-04-01 360.187276101762
2011-05-01 509.576385475800
2011-06-01 543.591016978280
2011-07-01 349.352433562099
2011-08-01 469.169084000141
2011-09-01 434.356057090351
2011-10-01 709.896719980477
2011-11-01 696.858197338803
2011-12-01 604.349684350657
2012-01-01 514.326828202448
2012-02-01 1332.654488425180
2012-03-01 598.330556604993
2012-04-01 938.840723570205
2012-05-01 740.714874330474
2012-06-01 389.073976809425
2012-07-01 557.047250241074
2012-08-01 1096.750481693560
2012-09-01 605.288971396844
2012-10-01 724.192913997847
2012-11-01 706.918450712601
2012-12-01 777.413030737717
2013-01-01 853.694115123301
2013-02-01 813.933910181807
2013-03-01 954.445108379476
2013-04-01 905.540991795445
2013-05-01 614.353110304798
2013-06-01 1172.917639898700
2013-07-01 1564.773827167420
2013-08-01 976.548362083789
2013-09-01 1013.390155733480
2013-10-01 835.154644822665
2013-11-01 694.347920433702
2013-12-01 1156.986867340810
2014-01-01 1158.010384831740
2014-02-01 1179.768694601050
2014-03-01 722.554995321091
2014-04-01 833.812361373481
2014-05-01 789.116223350735
2014-06-01 785.033952425777
2014-07-01 1100.808789966770
2014-08-01 1018.168982969930
2014-09-01 866.559570341101
2014-10-01 962.431573498410
2014-11-01 1229.248170129920
2014-12-01 685.043194803913
2015-01-01 1708.451847461480
2015-02-01 811.997219875706
2015-03-01 1176.888921157140
2015-04-01 1077.903312249130
2015-05-01 1767.994997574660
2015-06-01 1236.570891831410
2015-07-01 826.619211764346
2015-08-01 1151.041532031490
2015-09-01 1719.597792864920
2015-10-01 1166.171801347830
2015-11-01 1210.831637078100
2015-12-01 1121.159192342670
2016-01-01 677.066801240250
2016-02-01 1007.671095438800
2016-03-01 921.189430136604
2016-04-01 1213.748314228820
2016-05-01 615.702737576174
2016-06-01 844.144305854127
2016-07-01 970.141959584711
2016-08-01 925.193846816215
2016-09-01 1767.330736598380
2016-10-01 923.225334928510
2016-11-01 999.524943477429
2016-12-01 754.701721527444
2017-01-01 773.899682932525
2017-02-01 1032.692945010480
2017-03-01 1650.258319504900
2017-04-01 948.458726712835
2017-05-01 1403.274925215000
2017-06-01 953.037811605642
2017-07-01 1605.471251315860
2017-08-01 1301.540073295850
2017-09-01 1247.977500266960
2017-10-01 1215.755861241400
2017-11-01 945.936576283112
2017-12-01 1753.958622984940
2018-01-01 1501.790357039380
2018-02-01 1045.117055580790
2018-03-01 1135.211296235090
2018-04-01 822.974954749244
2018-05-01 1834.493085356000
2018-06-01 1179.093140436050
2018-07-01 819.080819916191
2018-08-01 804.955213962055
2018-09-01 747.908960692242
2018-10-01 1167.589125791660
2018-11-01 915.475441185851
2018-12-01 914.514452130656
2019-01-01 890.589315712964
2019-02-01 973.615730448677
2019-03-01 939.702884754208
2019-04-01 1041.120085843700
2019-05-01 813.253821356816
2019-06-01 1020.406815565900
2019-07-01 1017.327029642610
2019-08-01 1858.467089849060
2019-09-01 883.196874832532
2019-10-01 1146.194288231820
2019-11-01 1411.179969052270
2019-12-01 1034.712477198000
2020-01-01 1635.272112819220
2020-02-01 1065.177388796840
2020-03-01 1022.925685009730
2020-04-01 605.173198428844
2020-05-01 1055.874510791490
2020-06-01 1285.452200087050
2020-07-01 1175.717791176050
2020-08-01 1103.624972645260
2020-09-01 1265.733061264960
2020-10-01 1085.716978649180
2020-11-01 1834.037240524440
2020-12-01 1138.035137722170
2021-01-01 1176.350377475390
2021-02-01 1082.696304613610
2021-03-01 1303.254636164800
2021-04-01 2587.306803475790
2021-05-01 1568.023405005290
2021-06-01 1156.201776539660
2021-07-01 1279.297454204810
2021-08-01 1353.919387714020
2021-09-01 1739.555644411130
2021-10-01 1221.333686112660
2021-11-01 1019.938772108510
2021-12-01 1834.936130080520
2022-01-01 911.703826081161
2022-02-01 2023.310997821920
2022-03-01 1382.842330012390
2022-04-01 2068.232988562460
2022-05-01 1025.508002461000
2022-06-01 1216.980973654480
2022-07-01 1284.628592010900
2022-08-01 985.411659505331
2022-09-01 1300.946340609320
2022-10-01 1187.444701714570
2022-11-01 1342.189898202070
2022-12-01 840.437379362345
2023-01-01 1042.920293352990
2023-02-01 1087.276189982190
2023-03-01 1120.118832291770
2023-04-01 787.274336961057
2023-05-01 1164.281636319020
2023-06-01 1016.857820807610
2023-07-01 938.610977021783
2023-08-01 930.594831707006
2023-09-01 751.647267437527
2023-10-01 772.931190002241
2023-11-01 608.288172744167
2023-12-01 1270.947981328760
2024-01-01 1140.088045919550
2024-02-01 1197.083266151020
2024-03-01 1029.517069266900
2024-04-01 876.092115442412
2024-05-01 837.374325807474
2024-06-01 974.386912767616
2024-07-01 835.010660196579
2024-08-01 1088.351198534840
2024-09-01 762.757789190592
2024-10-01 857.986786446562
2024-11-01 863.237047558196
2024-12-01 739.243801346082
2025-01-01 789.111013402866
2025-02-01 586.420538583909
2025-03-01 679.503194534433
2025-04-01 1171.312000201020
2025-05-01 799.738095399623
2025-06-01 483.197230682035
2025-07-01 833.490543818353
2025-08-01 805.315080858558
2025-09-01 816.453819711032
2025-10-01 1224.156290863310
2025-11-01 687.414803060329
2025-12-01 643.420307086063
2026-01-01 709.577901619119

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