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		chrismcb on Oct 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A global house-price slump is coming? The cake of my house has gone up 5x in twenty years. Ignoring the last year, inflation didn't quite double in that time period. So, for at least me, my house per square foot wasn't stable

SideQuark on Oct 22, 2022 [–]

Outliers don't invalidate the stats, in the same way someone getting outstanding value does not mean everyone got outstanding value.

Also, how did your mortgage cost go up 5x? That sounds almost nonsensical, unless there's some really rare thing you chose.

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