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Baltimore (Independent City)

County housing permits · Maryland

Baltimore (Independent City), MD building permits: new housing

705 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -47% on the year before, with $153M of construction value.

705
Housing units, last 12 months-47% vs. prior 12: $153M
Construction value: 62%
In 5+ unit buildings438 units: #7
Rankof 24

New housing units permitted per month

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Baltimore705

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Maryland13,429

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	116 units	108 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	20 units	18 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	398 units	391 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	44 units	24 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	117 units	109 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	122 units	114 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	86 units	71 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	88 units	74 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	81 units	68 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	84 units	71 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	94 units	82 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	81 units	70 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	46 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	89 units	83 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	213 units	190 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	23 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	26 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	69 units	46 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	56 units	34 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	54 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	48 units	25 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	67 units	60 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	255	255	$73.9M
2 units	1	2	$500K
3–4 units	3	10	$1.8M
5+ units	9	438	$76.4M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	543	289	$125M
2024	1,273	1,104	$297M
2023	1,843	1,749	$274M

Key facts

Baltimore (Independent City), MD permitted 705 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $152,502,659 in construction value.
That is -47% compared with the 12 months before (1,331 units).
255 were single-family homes and 438 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (9 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $289,690.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 13 units were permitted.
It ranked #7 of 24 counties in Maryland by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 543 units were permitted ($125M).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

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