CLIPBOARD : Residential Permit Value Share

During the first six months of the year, the most recent period for which information is available, 56% of the value of new construction permits issued in Orange County was for new homes (both single- and multifamily types). That’s down slightly from the 59% for the same period last year and a large dip from the 66% at the same point in 1988.

Major differences do exist within the county: 89% of the value of all new permits in La Palma was in housing; just 17% in Santa Ana. In 14 cities and the unincorporated areas more than half the permit values were for residences. Another 14 cities were more invested in non-residential projects. Here’s a look city by city:

1990 1989 1989-’90 Residential Percent Percent Residential City Building * Residential Residential % Change Anaheim $44,213 48.5 56.7 -8.2 Brea 8,969 22.5 3.8 +18.7 Buena Park 7,036 49.5 75.6 -26.1 Costa Mesa 15,743 24.5 30.9 -6.4 Cypress 8,087 29.1 12.5 +16.6 Dana Point 31,381 73.2 94.7 -21.5 Fountain Valley 3,991 21.1 11.1 +10.0 Fullerton 12,150 46.8 74.8 -28.0 Garden Grove 13,932 62.4 39.7 +22.7 Huntington Beach 19,212 56.0 56.6 -0.6 Irvine 53,063 31.3 11.2 +20.1 Laguna Beach 16,138 74.9 83.9 -9.0 Laguna Niguel N/A -- -- -- La Habra 3,335 25.1 84.7 -59.6 La Palma 4,741 89.4 2.6 +86.8 Los Alamitos 1,452 55.8 47.9 +7.9 Mission Viejo 8,405 36.7 88.6 -51.9 Newport Beach 31,291 49.7 45.6 +4.1 Orange 37,786 72.8 62.4 +10.4 Placentia 3,730 40.2 42.7 -2.5 San Clemente 26,042 54.8 88.9 -34.1 San Juan Capistrano 21,528 84.6 83.6 +1.0 Santa Ana 20,470 17.5 28.9 -11.4 Seal Beach ** 7,274 51.1 44.4 +6.7 Stanton 1,627 59.4 22.5 +36.9 Tustin ** 12,938 50.5 32.9 +17.6 Villa Park 3,752 70.7 92.5 -21.8 Westminster 7,590 46.4 17.2 +29.2 Yorba Linda 41,809 77.2 61.9 +15.3 Unincorporated areas 382,218 82.9 86.2 -3.3 COUNTY TOTAL $849,903 56.3 59.1 -2.8

* Values listed in thousands of dollars

N/A City data not available; included in “unincorporated areas” total

** Includes some estimated data to obtain 1990 total.

6-Month Trend: 1986: 54% 1987: 57% 1988: 66% 1989: 59% 1990: 56% Source: Construction Industry Research Board