2007 Local Leaders

The Top 50 Markets in the U.S.

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