New Hampshire Authorized 18,015 New Homes in 1986. In 2025 It Authorized 5,030, Its Most Since 2006.
Federal building permit records trace the 1980s boom, the bust that followed and the long low after 2008. The 2025 total still fell short of the pace the state’s 2023 housing study called for, and nearly one unit in five in that total was a Census Bureau estimate filling in for permit offices that did not report.
