After gains in May, existing home sales, released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), fell more than expected in June. Total existing home sales, including single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, dropped 1.7% to a seasonally…

Total nonfarm employment, seasonally adjusted (SA) increased by 2.3 million jobs, year-over-year (YoY), or 1.5% from June 2018 to June 2019. During this time, total nonfarm employment in the Western region increased by 2.0%. The South, Northeast, and M…

Earlier this year, NAHB released 2017 property taxes by state as a blog post and as a longer special study. However, in light of changes made to the tax code by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), further refining the statistics by congressional district…