U.S. Housing Growth
On Monday, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest report on housing growth. For the second year in a row, Flagler County, Fla., had the highest rate of growth in the number of housing units of any county in the nation. For the period review, July 1, 2004, to July 1, 2005, Flagler’s housing stock increased by 14.8 percent, or more than 5,000 units.
The remaining top 10 consisted of:
2. Sumter County, FL
3. Pinal County, AZ
4. Osceola County, FL
5. Franklin County, WA
6. Culpeper County, VA
7. Washington County, UT
8. Kendall County, IL
9. St. Lucie County, FL
10. Rockwall County, Texas
Biggest numerical gaining states:
1. Maricopa (Phoenix), Arizona – added 52,000 homes
2. Clark County (Las Vegas), Nevada – added 35,000 homes
3. Harris County (Houston), Texas – added 34,000 homes