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Middlesex County
Framingham

Housing permits · Massachusetts

Framingham, MA building permits: new housing

120 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +264% on the year before, with $27.2M of construction value.

120
Housing units, last 12 months+264% vs. prior 12: $27.2M
Construction value: 40%
In 5+ unit buildings48 units: 1.6
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 73,892

New housing units permitted per month

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Lexington town546
Concord town456
Cambridge396
Londonderry town338
Plymouth town319
Norwood town291
Hampton town275
Lowell263
Quincy248
Saugus town

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	3 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	4 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	5 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	10 units	10 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	2 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	5 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	2 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	2 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	2 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	4 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	2 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	49 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	6 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	7 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	48 units	48 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	72	72	$24.6M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	1	48	$2.6M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	29	10	$10.4M
2024	31	0	$9.1M
2023	37	0	$8.9M

Key facts

Framingham, MA permitted 120 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $27,186,149 in construction value.
That is +264% compared with the 12 months before (33 units).
72 were single-family homes and 48 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (1 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $341,474.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 48 units were permitted.
It ranked #22 of 351 permit-issuing places in Massachusetts by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 29 units were permitted ($10.4M).

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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Middlesex County3,192
Boston-Cambridge-Newton MA-NH11,442
Massachusetts13,711