The most expensive markets often issued the fewest permits.
High price-to-cost ratios cluster toward the low-permitting side of the metropolitan comparison.
REDRAWN FROM STUDY DATAFigure 8 · Price-to-cost ratios and permitting
Figure 8 · Price-to-cost ratios and permitting. Values digitized from Figure 8; selected metropolitan labels retained in the archived publication; minor reading error is possible.