20 large metros where home construction is growing the fastest
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High mortgage rates in recent years have created affordability problems for both home buyers and home builders, but with rates largely trending down in recent weeks, some believe market conditions will start improving both for those looking for properties and those looking to build homes for a lower price point. 

Construction Coverage recently ranked the large metros where home construction is increasing the fastest by measuring change in value of new residential housing units authorized by permit-issuing places from the fourth quarter of 2022 to the fourth quarter of 2023.

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The top five metros had an average change in value of new residential housing units of 81.98% between those two periods.

Read more about the metro areas where home construction is increasing the fastest.

Rank Metro Percentage change in value of new residential housing units Total change in value of new residential housing units Percentage change in new residential housing units Total change in new residential housing units
1 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 106.9 $443,476,263 69.60% 1,417
2 San Diego-Chula Vista Carlsbad, CA 80.90% $303,380,625 115.90% 1,759
3 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN 80.00% $450,008,467 51.10% 1,255
4 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, Co 75.80% $663,535,194 70.10% 2,690
5 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 66.30% $86,637,612 90.70% 450
6 Tucson, AZ 49.50% $136,757,676 25.80% 281
7 Nashville-Davidson-- Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 44.40% $373,111,832 54.10% 1,595
8 Birmingham, AL 42.50% $78,418,073 51.60% 303
9 Riverside-San Bernardino -Ontario, CA 37.70% $249,354,201 3.60% 124
10 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 37.50% $188,362,960 21.80% 417
11 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 36.20% $694,316,357 27.10% 2,559
12 Pittsburgh, PA 34.70% $74,262,685 36.70% 299
13 Richmond, VA 33.60% $118,472,463 27.80% 661
14 Tulsa, OK 33.40% $64,809,937 22.70% 186
15 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 31.40% $63,263,976 52.50% 307
16 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA- NC 30.80% $75,475,371 48.40% 484
17 Raleigh-Cary, NC 30.40% $278,735,249 26.50% 1,236
18 Kansas City, MO-KS 28.30% $126,294,473 20.40% 360
19 Tampa-St. Petersburg Clearwater, FL 26.80% $375,625,230 -11.40% -874
20 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 26.20% $59,484,406 83.00% 526

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