2007 Local Leaders

The Top 50 Markets in the U.S.

 
 
Market Ranking Market Top 10 Market Share *
 
1 Houston/Baytown/Sugar Land, Texas
31.0%
2 Atlanta/Sandy Springs/Marietta, Ga.
17.7%
3 New York/White Plains, N.Y./Wayne, N.J.
4.9%
4 Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, Ariz.
58.9%
5 Chicago Market Area
24.8%
6 Dallas/Plano/Irving, Texas
33.8%
7 Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue, Wash.
15.6%
8 Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev.
46.3%
9 Washington, D.C./Arlington/Alexandria, Va./Md./W.Va.
44.1%
10 Charlotte/Gastonia/Concord, N.C./S.C.
43.1%
11 Austin/Round Rock, Texas
42.2%
12 Riverside/San Bernardino/Ontario, Calif.
52.3%
13 Los Angeles/Long Beach/Glendale, Calif.
17.5%
14 Orlando, Fla.
41.4%
15 Raleigh/Carey, N.C.
28.8%
16 Denver/Aurora, Colo.
34.4%
17 Nashville/Davidson/Murfreesboro, Tenn.
25.8%
18 Salt Lake City Market Area
30.6%
19 Fort Worth/Arlington, Texas
51.3%
20 San Antonio
67.9%
21 Portland/Beaverton, Ore./Vancouver, Wash.
20.6%
22 Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Fla.
43.0%
23 Jacksonville, Fla.
49.7%
24 St. Louis, Mo./Ill.
33.2%
25 Minneapolis/St. Paul/Bloomington, Minn./Wis.
44.3%
26 Indianapolis
66.2%
27 Philadelphia
41.4%
28 Kansas City, Mo./Kan.
13.4%
29 Memphis, Tenn./Miss./Ark.
15.2%
30 Sacramento/Arden/Arcade/Roseville, Calif.
56.4%
31 Miami/Miami Beach/Kendall, Fla.
72.1%
32 San Diego/Carlsbad/San Marcos, Calif.
37.3%
33 Santa Ana/Anaheim/Irvine, Calif.
32.6%
34 New Orleans/Metairie/Kenner, La.
11.9%
35 Greenville/Spartanburg, S.C., Market Area
39.5%
36 Richmond, Va.
30.2%
37 Columbia, S.C.
34.2%
38 Cincinnati/Middletown, Ohio/Ky./Ind.
52.7%
39 Edison, N.J.
34.6%
40 Charleston/North Charleston, S.C.
46.5%
41 Oakland/Fremont/Hayward, Calif.
44.3%
42 Columbus, Ohio
52.5%
43 McAllen/Edinburg/Pharr, Texas
32.3%
44 Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Newport News, Va./N.C.
23.8%
45 Oklahoma City
23.6%
46 Baltimore/Towson, Md.
45.8%
47 Louisville, Ky./Ind.
17.5%
48 Baton Rouge, La.
19.4%
49 Cape Coral/Fort Myers, Fla.
63.2%
50 Tucson, Ariz.
** 100.1%
 
 

* Percentage of Market Share Captured By The Top 10 Builders In Each Market In 2007

** The top 10 builders in the market have more then 100 percent market share, but how is that possible? Hanley Wood Market Intelligence, which collects Local Leaders data for BUILDER, measures each market by building permits pulled over the previous 12 months, and the builders within each market by how many closings they have from the previous year. So builders in this market are selling and closing more units of inventory than they are pulling building permits for new units they plan to build. The slowdown in permits pulled across the country is another symptom of the downturn, as builders slow their production schedules.