How much housing is Seattle building?
Net new homes: units added by building permits as they reach completion (final inspection), minus units demolished. How units are counted
2024-10-06 → 2025-10-05
6,196 added − 528 demolished
8,906 in the 12 months before →3,707 added − 415 demolished
5,436 by the same date in 2025 →Provisional: completions are sometimes recorded late.
Units completed per year, by housing type
Units added by housing type above the line, units demolished below it, and the net as a line. Look for which kinds of housing drive the totals and how the mix shifts after policy changes. Click a bar to see its permits.
1,277 projects
0% of these units have a housing type inferred from the permit description because the City didn't record one; 0% couldn't be classified. How types are assigned
Trailing 12-month total
Net units completed in the 12 months up to each month. Smooths out seasonal swings, so it's the fairest way to tell whether the city is speeding up or slowing down.
Largest completions
The biggest permits completed between Oct 6, 2024 and Oct 5, 2025, and their share of the 9,440 units added in that period.
| Address | Type | Completed | Units | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
10631 8th AVE NE Phased project: Construction of a residential building with below grade parking and occupy per plan. Street View | Large multifamily | Nov 6, 2024 | 409 | 4.3% |
225 BROADWAY Phased project: Construct multi-family building with below-grade parking occupy per plan. Mechanical included. Street View | Large multifamily | Apr 30, 2025 | 345 | 3.7% |
2100 QUEEN ANNE AVE N Construct tenant improvements for a grocery store in a mixed use building per plans. Mechanical included. Street View | Large multifamily | Dec 23, 2024 | 325 | 3.4% |
2208 4TH AVE Phased project: Construct a mixed-use high rise with residential over lower floor commercial and below grade parking occupy per plan. Mechanical is included Street View | Large multifamily | Jul 29, 2025 | 323 | 3.4% |
11201 Roosevelt WAY NE Construct a multi-family building occupy per plans Street View | Large multifamily | Dec 17, 2024 | 295 | 3.1% |
1750 22ND AVE S Construct a mixed-use building occupy per plans Street View | Large multifamily | Nov 19, 2024 | 287 | 3.0% |
1765 22ND AVE S Construct a mixed-use building occupy per plans. Street View | Large multifamily | Dec 17, 2024 | 282 | 3.0% |
2245 NW 56TH ST Phased project: Construction of a residential/retail building with below grade parking and occupy per plan Street View | Large multifamily | Feb 6, 2025 | 238 | 2.5% |
2315 4TH AVE Phased project: Construction of a residential and retail building and occupy per plan Street View | Large multifamily | May 22, 2025 | 212 | 2.2% |
2201 S GRAND ST Establish use as multi-family restaurant and office building construct mixed-use building and occupy per plans. Street View | Large multifamily | Dec 27, 2024 | 206 | 2.2% |