Katie Marriner

The State of the American Housing Market has been updated with May data!

Inventory rose 31.5% compared to last May. Notably, this is the first month since December 2019 where the number of active listings surpassed 1 million. The median list price remained steady from a year ago at $440,000.

New features have been added as well!
1. The ability to compare counties with a similar number of households directly on county pages.
2. Seeing detailed monthly data values by hovering over the bars in charts.

The State of the American Housing Market has been updated with May data!

Inventory rose 31.5% compared to last May. Notably, this is the first month since December 2019 where the number of active listings surpassed 1 million. The median list price remained steady from a year ago at $440,000.

A bar chart spanning three slides showing the total value of foreign gifts given to U.S. presidents between 2001 and 2023. Barack Obama received the largest total value in gifts, at $2.0m, followed by George W. Bush, $1.1m. The possible gift of a $400m Qatari plane is shown as an incredibly long bar that wraps back and forth across the page. If it were accepted, it would dwarf all the other gifts by far.

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Chart of the day from the incomparable @erindataviz.bsky.social @axios.com

The data I'm using form Realtor(dot)com goes back to July 2016 at the county level, so there is a bit more I can show. It would be interesting to get more pre-pandemic data in there.

Thanks for asking! Pink/red is meant to identify "negative" outcomes for homebuyers like higher prices or fewer homes on the market. Green means lower prices or more inventory. I can add an explanation about that since it is a little confusing being the opposite for those two metrics.

Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025 Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.

Meet Your Mayor 2025 is here! Take @thecity.nyc's quiz on issues and leadership to which candidates are your best match. Quite possibly not who you think. projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-ma...

Thanks! More to come with it. I’m glad it’s helpful

538’s former top numbers guy to launch data journalism site G. Elliott Morris, the data journalist who took over 538 in 2023, is launching Strength In Numbers, a paid Substack.

Good idea. Even in this environment it was shortsighted of ABC to completely shutter 538. www.semafor.com/article/05/1...

GitHub - katiemarriner/the-state-of-housing: The State of Housing in America: How do median prices and inventory compare in your county? The State of Housing in America: How do median prices and inventory compare in your county? - katiemarriner/the-state-of-housing

It’s a work in progress, so I’d love any feedback on what’s helpful, what’s missing, or any bugs you find. Reach out here or contribute.

America's housing market looks different depending on where you live, so I made a tool that tracks home price and inventory trends at the county level. Data from @rdcnews.bsky.social

🔗 katiemarriner.com/the-state-of...

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Some news! Today, I launch Strength In Numbers as an independent, data-driven news website devoted to rigorous and transparent political analysis.

On Wednesday we'll have our first poll, with a high-quality, non-partisan sponsor.

Please share, and join us: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/building-a...

Live updates: Trump's approval hits new low after "Liberation Day" tariffs His average economic approval also hits a new low (-13), and his tariffs are underwater by 30 points

Polls conducted after Trump's new tariffs are just brutal for him:

- Net approval rating hits a new low of -4
- Disapproval over 50% for the first time in his second term
- Econ approval at -15
- Tariffs underwater by 30

Will be updating this post with more: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-appr...

Several big 538 projects have made on the long-list for the 2024 Information is Beautiful awards. A big honor for a small group of journalists. Congrats to the team ❤️ www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase?act...

ABC News has now fully taken down the old 538 website, including all interactive projects since 2014. Aside from erasing history this prevents access to publicly released data, including raw polls, averages, model estimates & story dta. Totally unacceptable for a company (allegedly) doing journalism

Just a reminder that all the data FiveThirtyEight collected—polls, election results, and much more—is available for download (for now) on our GitHub page. github.com/fivethirtyei...

Opinion | FiveThirtyEight is gone. Its legacy will endure. Nate Silver’s website suffered because of Trump and changes in political news coverage.

@perrybaconjr.bsky.social gets FiveThirtyEight exactly right here. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Thanks, Francine!! You’re the best

Thanks, Nathaniel! It couldn’t have happened without a great project manager like you.

Along with the rest of the staff, I was laid off from 538 today. I am incredibly proud of the work we did there and honored to have learned so much from such talented journalists.

As reported, the entire staff of 538 was laid off this morning. This is a severe blow to political data journalism, and I feel for my colleagues. Readers note: As we were instructed not to publish any new content, all planned updates to polls data and averages are canceled indefinitely. Huge loss :(

I remember sitting in J-School as a senior when a group of us were in front of computers, refreshing the browser, waiting for the brand new FiveThirtyEight site to launch in 2014. It was then that working there became a dream of mine, and I'm grateful for the year I had to live out that dream.

I can say firsthand that any newsroom or organization would be lucky to hire one of my colleagues.

It's true. ABC News shuttered 538, and I was laid off today. It was an honor to work with a talented, smart and most importantly, kind, group of journalists; and to build off the groundbreaking work of the those who came before me.

Incredibly sad to report that ABC News is indeed eliminating 538.

I count myself incredibly lucky to have worked with such incredibly smart, kind people for 7 years. Thank you all for coming along for the ride.

Thanks, Michael!

Not sure what's next for me. I'm going to take some time off but then will be looking for ways to stay in political journalism. In the meantime, please hire my fantastic colleagues, and stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter: baseballot.substack.com/subscribe

Who Is in DOGE? Tracking Its Staffers and Allies in the Federal Government The Times identified 45 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies.

The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

26 charts that helped explain 2024 in politics The best charts 538 made in 2024.

📈📉📈📉 Here's how 538 visualized the political roller coaster that was 2024.

Trump could have the most failed Cabinet nominations to start a presidency. abcnews.go.com/538/trumps-c...

The record is 3, and Gaetz was the earliest Cabinet withdrawal in modern history.

Chart by @katiemarriner.bsky.social: