In an era of strained housing affordability, new-home construction is one of the keys to easing the housing shortage. And some states are building faster than others. South Carolina, Idaho, and North Carolina lead the nation in permitting new homes, according to data from the Lied Center for Real Estate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. On the other hand, the more affordable Midwest was stagnant. UNLV looked at data from the U.S. Census Bureau in the first eight months of this year compared to 2025.

The US housing pipeline is stalling — an indicator that affordable housing may remain hard to find nationwide. From January to August 2026, housing permits remained "essentially flat" nationwide, with a 0.05% increase since 2025, but a 4.1% drop since 2023, according to an October research report from the Lied Center for Real Estate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

South Carolina, the state with the fastest-growing population in the country, is also the one that is building the most new homes, according to a new analysis by University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) researchers.

Nevada ranks 49th out of 50 states and Washington, D.C., for its housing supply pipeline, according to a new report from UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate.

Nevada’s unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points over the last month, dropping to 4.7% — the lowest the state has seen since before the pandemic — as the state added jobs and reached a record high in total nonfarm employment.

Rising fuel, grocery and housing costs have created a crisis for state residents and will play a major role in determining the next governor.

Northern Nevada developments continue to be approved in high-risk terrain. Why is it happening?

As candidates for governor point to different statistics, actual economists say the full picture on the economy is more complicated.