2007 Local Leaders

The Top 50 Markets in the U.S.

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

* 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.