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Net new housing permitted in Seattle
Permits add and remove dwelling units. The net is the number the city and press care about most — how many homes Seattle is actually approving.
+3,970
Net units
4,794
Units added
824
Units removed
1,268
Permits adding homes
Across all permits on record, Seattle has permitted a net +3,970 dwelling units (4,794 added, 824 removed).
Net new units by year
2025
+1,476 · +1,653 / −177
2026
+2,494 · +3,141 / −647
Bucketed by issue date (falling back to application date). Sub-labels show units added vs. removed.
Neighborhoods adding the most homes
West Seattle
+514 · 616 added
Fremont
+510 · 577 added
Maple Leaf
+407 · 446 added
Beacon Hill
+337 · 342 added
Queen Anne
+219 · 262 added
Belltown
+200 · 318 added
University District
+195 · 199 added
Other Seattle
+148 · 175 added
Ballard
+142 · 163 added
Phinney Ridge
+123 · 141 added
Magnolia
+98 · 130 added
Broadview
+94 · 114 added
Raw numbers available as JSON at /api/housing.