2009 Local Leaders

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Market Ranking
Market
Top 10 Market Share 2008*
1 Houston/Baytown/Sugar Land, Texas
  • Market Ranking 1
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 32.9%
32.9%
2 New York/White Plains, N.Y./Wayne, N.J.
  • Market Ranking 2
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 7.9%
7.9%
3 Dallas/Plano/Irving, Texas
  • Market Ranking 3
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 25.2%
25.2%
4 Atlanta/Sandy Springs/Marietta, Ga.
  • Market Ranking 4
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 31.0%
31.0%
5 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
  • Market Ranking 5
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 74.5%
74.5%
6 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Market Ranking 6
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 18.9%
18.9%
7 Chicago Market Area
  • Market Ranking 7
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 28.1%
28.1%
8 Austin/Round Rock, Texas
  • Market Ranking 8
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 45.7%
45.7%
9 Washington, D.C./Arlington/Alexandria, Va./Md./W.Va.
  • Market Ranking 9
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 46.3%
46.3%
10 Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev.
  • Market Ranking 10
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 49.6%
49.6%
11 Charlotte/Gastonia/Concord, N.C./S.C.
  • Market Ranking 11
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 39.9%
39.9%
12 Los Angeles/Long Beach/Glendale, Calif.
  • Market Ranking 12
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 16.5%
16.5%
13 Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Market Ranking 13
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 30.6%
30.6%
14 Fort Worth/Arlington, Texas
  • Market Ranking 14
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 42.3%
42.3%
15 Orlando, Fla.
  • Market Ranking 15
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 41.6%
41.6%
16 San Antonio
  • Market Ranking 16
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 59.7%
59.7%
17 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Market Ranking 17
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 36.2%
36.2%
18 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Market Ranking 18
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 68.6%
68.6%
19 Denver/Aurora, Colo.
  • Market Ranking 19
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 30.7%
30.7%
20 Nashville/Davidson/Murfreesboro, Tenn.
  • Market Ranking 20
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 28.7%
28.7%
21 Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Miami Beach, Fla.
  • Market Ranking 21
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 52.4%
52.4%
22 Portland/Beaverton, Ore./Vancouver, Wash.
  • Market Ranking 22
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 19.7%
19.7%
23 Indianapolis
  • Market Ranking 23
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 51.9%
51.9%
24 Salt Lake City Market Area
  • Market Ranking 24
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 38.5%
38.5%
25 Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Market Ranking 25
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 50.1%
50.1%
26 Philadelphia
  • Market Ranking 26
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 32.5%
32.5%
27 Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn./Bloomington, Wis.
  • Market Ranking 27
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 46.6%
46.6%
28 St. Louis, Mo./Ill.
  • Market Ranking 28
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 34.6%
34.6%
29 Baltimore/Towson, Md.
  • Market Ranking 29
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 43.0%
43.0%
31 Kansas City, Mo./Kan.
  • Market Ranking 31
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 12.0%
12.0%
32 San Diego/Carlsbad/San Marcos, Calif.
  • Market Ranking 32
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 35.2%
35.2%
33 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
  • Market Ranking 33
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 27.5%
27.5%
34 Richmond, VA
  • Market Ranking 34
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 30.5%
30.5%
35 Charleston/North Charleston, S.C.
  • Market Ranking 35
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 43.8%
43.8%
36 Edison, N.J.
  • Market Ranking 36
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 52.9%
52.9%
37 New Orleans/Metairie/Kenner, La.
  • Market Ranking 37
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 9.8%
9.8%
38 Omaha/Council Bluffs, Neb./Iowa
  • Market Ranking 38
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 34.9%
34.9%
39 Columbus, Ohio
  • Market Ranking 39
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 46.4%
46.4%
40 Newark/Union, N.J./Pa.
  • Market Ranking 40
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 14.9%
14.9%
41 Columbia, S.C.
  • Market Ranking 41
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 45.1%
45.1%
42 Greenville/Spartanburg, S.C., Market Area
  • Market Ranking 42
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 33.6%
33.6%
43 Cincinnati/Middletown, Ohio/Ky./Ind.
  • Market Ranking 43
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 40.2%
40.2%
44 Oklahoma City
  • Market Ranking 44
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 30.5%
30.5%
45 Tulsa, Okla.
  • Market Ranking 45
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 19.4%
19.4%
46 El Paso, TX
  • Market Ranking 46
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 41.2%
41.2%
47 Oakland/Fremont/Hayward, Calif.
  • Market Ranking 47
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 67.9%
67.9%
48 Louisville, Ky./Ind.
  • Market Ranking 48
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 13.6%
13.6%
49 McAllen/Edinburg/Pharr, Texas
  • Market Ranking 49
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 20.9%
20.9%
50 Wilmington, N.C.
  • Market Ranking 50
  • Top 10 Market Share 2008* 19.7%
19.7%

* Percentage of Market Share Captured By The Top 10 Builders In Each Market In 2008.

** The top 10 builders in the market have more than 100 percent market share, but how is that possible? Zonda Data, 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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