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New Hampshire in 1999

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 1999 the FHFA house price index for New Hampshire changed +7.6%, against +4.3% for the United States and +6.0% in 1998.

6,326 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (5,696 single-family), +9.6% on 1998; the national total was 1,663,533.

+7.6%New Hampshire index, 1998–1999US +4.3%
6,326housing units permitted in 19995,696 single-family
10 of 10counties with a rising indexmedian county +4.9%
1,663,533units permitted nationally in 1999
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Counties in 1999

Ranked by the county index change from 1998 to 1999 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 1999; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 1999Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Rockingham County+8.3%1,8571,7075.7
Hillsborough County+7.8%1,7981,5324.1
Strafford County+7.3%4864483.6
Merrimack County+6.8%6296194.0
Carroll County+6.3%3653356.9
Cheshire County+4.9%3132714.0
Belknap County+4.8%3443385.3
Coos County+4.5%86662.7
Grafton County+3.7%3092633.3
Sullivan County+0.6%1391173.2

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in New Hampshire by year05,00010,0001995: 4,423 units (4,105 single-family, 318 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 4,926 units (4,233 single-family, 693 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 5,404 units (4,598 single-family, 806 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 5,771 units (5,310 single-family, 461 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 6,326 units (5,696 single-family, 630 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 6,680 units (6,097 single-family, 583 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 6,624 units (5,910 single-family, 714 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 8,708 units (6,754 single-family, 1,954 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 8,641 units (6,583 single-family, 2,058 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 8,653 units (7,002 single-family, 1,651 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 7,586 units (6,432 single-family, 1,154 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 5,677 units (4,826 single-family, 851 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 4,561 units (3,772 single-family, 789 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 3,234 units (2,333 single-family, 901 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 2,287 units (1,662 single-family, 625 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 2,670 units (1,890 single-family, 780 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 2,346 units (1,606 single-family, 740 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 2,296 units (1,682 single-family, 614 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 2,788 units (2,136 single-family, 652 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 3,403 units (2,188 single-family, 1,215 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 3,763 units (2,424 single-family, 1,339 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 3,796 units (2,680 single-family, 1,116 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 3,625 units (2,711 single-family, 914 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 4,445 units (2,710 single-family, 1,735 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 4,743 units (2,746 single-family, 1,997 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 4,320 units (3,033 single-family, 1,287 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 4,892 units (3,426 single-family, 1,466 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 4,783 units (3,129 single-family, 1,654 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 4,555 units (2,969 single-family, 1,586 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 4,965 units (2,904 single-family, 2,061 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 5,030 units (3,279 single-family, 1,751 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in New Hampshire by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.