PermitBoardsThe Boston Permit Index — week of Friday, November 6, 2026
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Every week, Boston, MA publishes the building permits it issued — every roof, remodel, panel upgrade, and new build, with the address and what the job is. Almost nobody reads them. The Permit Index does: this post is built entirely from the 2,869 permits in our database for Boston, MA, pulled from the jurisdiction's own published records for Oct 8, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026. No estimates, no padding — if a number is here, it is counted from those records.
The week in numbers
Boston, MA issued 2,869 permits in this window. The busiest lane was electrical. The feed's own status and latest dates are on the Boston, MA coverage page.
| Trade lane | Permits in window |
|---|---|
| Electrical | 971 |
| Remodel & addition | 786 |
| Plumbing | 697 |
| Other / general | 425 |
| Roofing | 206 |
| HVAC | 175 |
Largest published job values
| Address | Filed | Published value |
|---|---|---|
| 421 Park DR Boston 02215 | Oct 16, 2026 | $404,947,987 |
| 380 Ruggles ST Mission Hill 02115 | Oct 22, 2026 | $167,645,367 |
| 1 Joslin PL Boston 02215 | Oct 27, 2026 | $64,995,000 |
| 105 Cummins HW Roslindale 02131 | Nov 5, 2026 | $63,536,054 |
| 41 Lagrange ST Boston 02116 | Oct 15, 2026 | $61,075,040 |
Five of the newest permits
| Date | Address | Work filed | Published value | Contractor on permit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2026 | 258 W Fifth ST South Boston 02127 | Interior/Exterior Work — Deck on top of existing store roof, with door from apartment to access deck, as per plans. D... | $8,000 | Stephane Goncalves Rodrigues |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 105 Pleasantview ST Hyde Park 02136 | Change Occupancy — Convert existing one-family, single-story dwelling into a two-family residence by adding one addit... | $260,000 | Lorraine Bophelo Moyo |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 73 Cedar ST Roxbury 02119 | Change Occupancy — PROPOSED ADU IN THE BASEMENT AT 73 CEDAR ST | $80,000 | Sandra Woodward |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 24-26 Julian ST Dorchester 02125 | Other — 2 Family Owner Occupied With Additional Dwelling Unit in the Basement;Certificate For Additional Dwelling Uni... | $67,000 | Vince Brown |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 149 Newbury ST Boston 02116 | Change Occupancy — Retail &; Medical spaCertificate for Clinic/Medical Spa on the 3rd Floor.ALT1808901 Issued 7/21/26 | $800,000 | Brian D Hurley |
Subscribers in Boston, MA got each of these in the morning digest for their trade — the full feed, daily, is on the Boston, MA page. Lane pages from this index: Boston electrical permits · Boston remodel & addition permits · Boston plumbing permits. The one-off Boston, MA report (last 30 days, $29) carries the whole window as PDF + CSV.