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Old 07-11-2023, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Boffin View Post
Inflation is up due to increased population over the past three years or so combined with a housing shortage. By the way, the national rate of inflation is about 4%. I doubt that Florida is “on par”. Also, if housing costs are eliminate for Florida then those costs should also be eliminated for the other states. Otherwise the comparison is nothing more than one of apples to oranges.
I would just eliminate the housing inflation in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale sine this is the anomaly.