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2010 Local Leaders

The Top 50 Markets in the U.S.

 
 
Market Ranking Market Top 10 Market Share *
 
1 Houston/Sugar Land/Baytown, Texas
53.8%
2 Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington, Texas
50.7%
3 New York/Northern New Jersey/Long Island, N.Y./N.J./Pa.
20.9%
4 Washington/Arlington/Alexandria, D.C./Va./Md./W.Va.
56.4%
5 Phoenix/Mesa/Glendale, Ariz.
63.2%
6 San Antonio/New Braunfels, Texas
56.9%
7 Chicago/Joliet/Naperville, Ill./Ind./Wis.
27.6%
8 Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Pompano Beach, Fla.
45.2%
9 Atlanta/Sandy Springs/Marietta, Ga.
36.5%
10 Austin/Round Rock/San Marcos, Texas
58.4%
11 Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue, Wash.
31.8%
12 Los Angeles/Long Beach/Santa Ana, Calif.
38.3%
13 Riverside/San Bernardino/Ontario, Calif.
65.1%
14 Charlotte/Gastonia/Rock Hill, N.C./S.C.
55.0%
15 Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev.
79.0%
16 Orlando/Kissimmee/Sanford, Fla.
60.9%
17 Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Fla.
56.4%
18 Raleigh/Cary, N.C.
40.0%
19 Philadelphia/Camden/Wilmington, Pa./N.J./Del./Md.
49.2%
20 Minneapolis/St. Paul/Bloomington, Minn./Wis.
42.9%
21 Denver/Aurora/Broomfield, Colo.
59.3%
22 Jacksonville, Fla.
58.6%
23 Nashville/Davidson/Murfreesboro/Franklin, Tenn.
47.2%
24 San Francisco/Oakland/Fremont, Calif.
50.8%
25 Indianapolis/Carmel, Ind.
75.2%
26 Oklahoma City, Okla.
38.3%
27 Baltimore/Towson, Md.
64.9%
28 St. Louis, Mo./Ill.
55.9%
29 Portland/Vancouver/Beaverton, Ore./Wash.
38.9%
30 Columbus, Ohio
64.0%
31 Cincinnati/Middletown, Ohio/Ky./Ind.
73.8%
32 San Diego/Carlsbad/San Marcos, Calif.
50.1%
33 El Paso, Texas
77.4%
34 Charleston/North Charleston/Summerville, S.C.
66.0%
35 Kansas City, Mo./Kan.
22.3%
36 The Villages, Fla.
98.3%
37 Columbia, S.C.
72.1%
38 Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Newport News, Va./N.C.
36.6%
39 Augusta/Richmond County, Ga./S.C.
56.0%
40 Sacramento/Arden-Arcade/Roseville, Calif.
69.9%
41 Detroit/Warren/Livonia, Mich.
38.9%
42 Cape Coral/Fort Myers, Fla.
57.2%
43 Boston/Cambridge/Quincy, Mass./N.H.
19.8%
44 Salt Lake City, Utah
49.9%
45 Cleveland/Elyria/Mentor, Ohio
72.2%
46 Richmond, Va.
62.1%
47 Albuquerque, N.M.
72.6%
48 Pittsburgh, Pa.
88.2%
49 North Port/Bradenton/Sarasota, Fla.
78.1%
50 Tulsa, Okla.
42.2%
 
 

* Percentage of Market Share Captured By The Top 10 Builders In Each Market In 2010

** 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.

 

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