Approved building permits for 1 and 2 family homes. Building permits are issued to licensed construction supervisors and enable recipients to construct, alter, or demolish a structure or install a sign. The building permit must be obtained from Cambridge's Inspectional Services Department before the start of any work and must be prominently posted at the job site. This dataset includes building permits for the construction of renovation of 1 and 2 family homes.

The data incorporates information on building permits, certificates of occupancy, lodging houses, and university owned housing, as well as Community Development Department information on the development pipeline. To assure equivalent treatment across the city, all apartment-style graduate student housing operated by local universities is included in the housing and property counts. These figures used here are a snap shot of the housing stock as of June 30, 2018.

Owner-Occupied housing by neighborhood change over time 1980-2010

Percentage of housing units per neighborhood. Click chart for details on types of units and unit density.

Short-term rentals in Cambridge. Short-term rental (STR) refers to the rental of any dwelling unit of bedroom as residential accommodation for a duration of less than 30 consecutive days.

Total housing units by neighborhood change over time

Foreclosure is the process through which lenders recover the amount owed on a defaulted mortgage by selling or taking ownership of the property securing the loan. This data set tracks foreclosures at three points during the process: filing of a petition to foreclose, scheduling of a foreclosure auction, and filing of a foreclosure deed.

This table includes residential building permits issued from January 2016 through December 31, 2018. Each listing includes the permitted address, map-lot parcel identification number, Cambridge neighborhood, prior use, permitted use, number of permitted units, and number of units lost or gained,

The date reflects the year during which a building permit was first issued for a development project. This is not an indication of the date of completion. This list only includes projects that removed an existing building, constructed a new building or combined or split units within an existing structure. Major rehabilitation are not included here. All data is subject to revision.

Data sources include the Cambridge Assessing Department, the Cambridge Development Log, and the Cambridge Inspection Services Department.

The data incorporates information on building permits, certificates of occupancy, lodging houses, and university owned housing, as well as Community Development Department information on the development pipeline. To assure equivalent treatment across the city, all apartment-style graduate student housing operated by local universities is included in the housing and property counts. These figures used here are a snap shot of the housing stock as of June 30, 2018.

The data incorporates information on building permits, certificates of occupancy, lodging houses, and university owned housing, as well as Community Development Department information on the development pipeline. To assure equivalent treatment across the city, all apartment-style graduate student housing operated by local universities is included in the housing and property counts. These figures used here are a snap shot of the housing stock as of June 30, 2018.