Houston residential permit addresses: July versus August 2026

LotCodex analysis · Published September 16, 2026 · Source snapshot checked September 15

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Houston’s weekly city reports contain fewer addresses matching our house and duplex description filter in August than in July. The change varies substantially by ZIP code.

What changed?

Matching address counts fell from 475 in July to 426 in August. Across all work types, distinct report rows fell from 1,915 to 1,788. Neither comparison is a count of homes started, completed or offered for sale.

ZIP 77091 had the largest increase in matching addresses: 26 to 65, up 39. ZIP 77048 had the largest decrease: 53 to 21, down 32. ZIP 77018 also decreased, from 46 to 16 matching addresses.

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How to use this for builder research

Start with the ZIP comparisons, then inspect the source descriptions and project numbers to decide which records could be relevant to your project. A change in this table is a reason to investigate; it does not establish a change in competing inventory, buyer demand or completion timing.

ZIP comparisons

ZIP codes with matching addresses in either month, sorted by August count. The change column is August minus July. ZIPs are postal groupings, not neighborhood boundaries.

Method and limits

We selected rows by their permit dates: July 1–31 and August 1–31, 2026. The frozen source collection includes 10 weekly reports overlapping those months, including the weeks crossing June–July and August–September. We removed exact duplicate rows before counting addresses separately within each month.

The same house/duplex description filter is used in both months. It selects Building Pmt house/duplex descriptions while excluding specified repair and ancillary work. Read the full filter and field definitions. Different descriptions can cause relevant work to be missed; an address may contain several dwelling units.

These are observations from the imported city reports, not a complete metropolitan construction census. They are not adjusted for seasonality, working days or later city corrections. Permit dates do not establish construction-start dates. We make no claim that the month-to-month difference identifies its cause.

Sources and reuse

The frozen dataset contains the underlying rows, report references and reproduction example. Credit LotCodex and retain the dates and counting limits when using this comparison or chart. LotCodex’s contributions are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.