Demographia

Existing USA House Sales by
State & Regulatory Status: 2006 & 2005

State 2005 2006 Change Highly Regulated Urban Markets
Nevada 98,000 69,700 -28.9% YES
Arizona 199,000 142,900 -28.2% YES
Florida 546,100 395,300 -27.6% YES
California 599,600 458,400 -23.5% YES
Virginia 181,800 140,100 -22.9% YES
Maryland 135,500 113,200 -16.5% YES
New Jersey 184,400 154,100 -16.4% YES
West Virginia 38,400 32,600 -15.1%  
Oregon 100,500 85,800 -14.6% YES
Minnesota 134,900 115,400 -14.5% YES
Hawaii 36,800 31,500 -14.4% YES
Massachusetts 148,600 128,100 -13.8% YES
Michigan 208,100 182,400 -12.3%  
Rhode Island 19,800 17,400 -12.1% YES
Connecticut 80,400 70,800 -11.9% YES
North Dakota 15,800 14,100 -10.8%  
Illinois 315,300 289,000 -8.3% YES
Pennsylvania 255,200 234,500 -8.1%  
Washington 167,700 154,200 -8.1% YES
Maine 33,300 30,700 -7.8% YES
Delaware 19,300 17,800 -7.8%  
Nebraska 41,200 38,700 -6.1%  
Missouri 143,200 135,300 -5.5%  
Colorado 130,400 123,700 -5.1% YES
New York 319,800 303,400 -5.1% YES
Wyoming 14,300 13,600 -4.9%  
Wisconsin 123,000 117,500 -4.5% YES
Ohio 286,900 275,400 -4.0%  
Kansas 77,900 76,100 -2.3%  
Alabama 128,000 125,800 -1.7%  
Iowa 75,000 74,600 -0.5%  
Utah 51,700 51,700 0.0%  
South Dakota 18,300 18,300 0.0%  
South Carolina 114,600 115,200 0.5%  
Kentucky 96,200 96,900 0.7%  
New Mexico 57,500 58,200 1.2%  
Oklahoma 104,600 106,000 1.3%  
Tennessee 170,900 173,600 1.6%  
Georgia 242,100 248,800 2.8%  
Mississippi 61,400 63,800 3.9%  
Montana 25,700 26,800 4.3%  
Louisiana 87,200 92,200 5.7%  
Indiana 138,300 147,400 6.6%  
Texas 531,600 578,600 8.8%  
North Carolina 215,700 234,800 8.9%  
Arkansas 75,300 82,600 9.7%  
Alaska 25,600 30,800 20.3%  
Total 6,874,900 6,287,800 -8.5%  
         
Highly Regulated States 3,554,900 2,941,200 -17.3% YES
Less Regulated States 3,320,000 3,346,600 0.8%  
         
Calculated from National Association of Realtors data.  
Data not available for Idaho, New Hampshire and Vermont.  

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