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"textContent": "*Methodology & Sources*: What you’re looking at: • Years of full‑time work (2,080 hrs/yr) needed to equal the median US home sale price. Formula: • years = (MSPUS home price ÷ AHETPI hourly wage) ÷ 2,080 Data (FRED, pulled at render time; no hand-entered numbers): • MSPUS = Median Sales Price of Houses Sold (Census/HUD, [...]",
"title": "[OC] In 1964Q1 it took 3.6 years of full-time work to buy the median US home. Today it takes 6.3 years. (+79% since 1964Q1)"
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