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This list looks pretty predictable, but two cities stand out as a bit un-expected, St Louis and Philly. Especially St Louis.
St Louis is up there with all those other more higher growth or simply much larger metros even though the metro has not grown much at all over the past ten years. Interesting.
Single Family housing permits issued 9-09 to 09-10
Houston 24,099
Dallas-Fort Worth 14,870
Washington 9,466
Phoenix 8,680
New York City 7,233
Austin 6,625
Atlanta 6,566
Seattle 5,982
San Antonio 5,806
Philadelphia 5,372
Riverside 5,154
Charlotte 5,104
Las Vegas 5,052
Raleigh 4,903
Chicago 4,680
St. Louis 4,448
Tampa 4,402
Orlando 4,357
Nashville 4,202
Minneapolis-St. Paul 4,143
Multi Family housing permits issued 9-09 to 09-10
New York 8,630
Houston 4,373
Los Angeles 3,925
Dallas-Ft Worth 3,689
Tampa 2,738
Washington 2,642
Boston 2,352
Seattle 2,307
Chicago 2,209
Philadelphia 2,067
Columbus 1,856
Baltimore-Towson 1,692
Charlotte 1,673
San Francisco 1,650
Kansas City 1,596
Virginia Beach 1,593
St. Louis 1,398
Riverside 1,370
Indianapolis 1,337
Salt Lake City 1,268