I disagree. Let me explain.
10-12000 additional building permits EXTRA would be a lot for ANY US metro area in one year. Although, it is not conceivable that all of these will be done in ONE year.
According to Random Lengths Yardstick(a lumber industry publication) the metro area of Los Angeles had 12553 building permits through October of 2024(10 months). So, it would almost DOUBLE the house construction IF they were all built in one year.
For comparison the Dallas/Ft Worth metro area had 61723 permits in the same period. The largest in the USA.
Houston 55953
NYC 48063
Phoenix 38818
Atlanta 34555
Austin 27333
Charlotte 22028
Orlando 20016
Tampa 19113
Washington DC 19000
Those are the TOP ten metro areas in the country for building Permits. All the rest are less than that.
San Fran was 5181. Boise 7676. Boston 9779.
So, adding 10-12,000 starts to any US metro area is a significant amount.
How many permits for the USA in an entire year?
Are all of them single dwelling?