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Seattle permitted 44% fewer new homes in 2025 than in 2021

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: Building Permits API – City Permits, Valuations and Contractors

44%Seattle permitted · as of 2026-11-07

Building permits in Seattle added 16,123 housing units in 2021 and 8,972 in 2025. 2023 was the low, at 7,940.

05,37410,74916,123201520162017201820192020202120222023202420258,972
YearUnits permitted
201511,932
201611,021
201711,210
20188,974
201911,615
202010,374
202116,123
202212,989
20237,940
20248,920
20258,972

Caveats

Seattle is the only city in our data that records units added on most permits. Units permitted, not completed.

Sources

Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

Download the data behind this post: b1-seattle-new-units-by-year.csv

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Every number in this post comes from the Building Permits API – City Permits, Valuations and Contractors. $0.0008 per row returned; every key gets $1 of free usage each month.

curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/building-permits/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jurisdictions": ["seattle"], "description": "solar", "maxItems": 20}'
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