Demographia

House Sales in States by Level of
Land Use Regulation: 3rd Quarter 2006
Annual Change

  More Restrictive Land Use Regulation More Liberal Land Use Regulation
Alabama -4.6%
Alaska -4.2%
Arizona -36.0%
Arkansas 4.3%
California -28.6%
Colorado -8.6%
Connecticut -16.1%
Delaware -10.1%
District Of Columbia -15.0%
Florida -34.2%
Georgia 2.5%
Hawaii -25.8%
Idaho -9.9%
Illinois -11.6%
Indiana -1.0%
Iowa -4.6%
Kansas -4.6%
Kentucky -2.9%
Louisiana 4.5%
Maine -21.5%
Maryland -19.4%
Massachusetts -20.0%
Michigan -17.2%
Minnesota -17.9%
Mississippi 4.0%
Missouri -7.2%
Montana 6.4%
Nebraska -4.8%
Nevada -38.0%
New Hampshire
New Jersey -23.7%
New Mexico -7.0%
New York -7.0%
North Carolina 9.7%
North Dakota -10.4%
Ohio -9.2%
Oklahoma -1.0%
Oregon -18.2%
Pennsylvania -4.5%
Rhode Island -2.9%
South Carolina 0.7%
South Dakota 3.1%
Tennessee 1.0%
Texas 8.6%
Utah -7.7%
Vermont  
Virginia -24.4%
Washington -11.6%
West Virginia -19.4%
Wisconsin -7.5%
Wyoming -7.4%
     
AVERAGE -19.9% -3.9%

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