Here is one of the authors having a go at Washington State, although here in Seattle, we seemingly have a healthy construction market(footnote 1). https://www.

Here is one of the authors having a go at Washington State, although here in Seattle, we seemingly have a healthy construction market(footnote 1). https://www.mercatus.org/publications/regulation/snapshot-washington-state-regulation-2019 https://www.mercatus.org/publications/regulation/snapshot-wa... My key take-away from these authors is this tidbit: > Researchers at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University developed State RegData, a platform for analyzing and quantifying state regulatory text. (1) More data: Building permits by state, April 2019: https://www.nahb.org/en/research/housing-economics/construction-statistics/state-and-local/building-permits-states-and-msas https://www.nahb.org/en/research/housing-economics/construct...