Despite spending an inordinate amount of time each day looking at maps, it is beyond me to select a list of the best maps from among everything posted last year on the web. There are far too many, more than I could...
In 2014, Americans spent $70 billion on the lottery. When I read this fact back in May, I thought it was one of the craziest stats I had ever seen. That’s over $630 for every household in the U.S.! It sounds absurd. Then again, the...
Property values across the U.S. The graphic below shows how the 50 states compare in terms of total property value. The map on the right is a cartogram – the land area of each state has been substituted for its total property value. Hover...
Throughout it’s nearly 400-year history, New York City’s demography has been characterized by an ever-changing series of immigration waves, coming from all corners of the globe. The graphic below shows how these waves of immigration have varied over time. The circles represent each group’s share...
Last month, I provided the data for a New York Post article, How NYC Does Not Tax the Super Rich, which describes how NYC’s most expensive apartment, a penthouse that recently sold for $100M, has an annual property tax bill of only $17k....
The most complicated real estate tax system in the country is about to get even more confusing. On Thursday, Mayor De Blasio announced his proposal for a “mansion tax.” The tax would be levied on buyers of condos, coops, or houses that sell for $1,750,000 or...