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To: benwood who wrote (58498)	4/17/2006 5:46:25 PM
From: bond_bubble	Respond to of 110194

I'm noticing this trend in Bay area, CA as well. In the 2000 bust, bay area had large rental price fall. Now, the tide has clearly turned. Lot of people selling their homes are moving out to an apartment first and leaving the property unoccupied until it is sold!! This should start showing up in the core CPI? Usually, the rent prices go up 10%!! This should be paced over an year ... I can hear Ben shutting down his helicopter....

To: benwood who wrote (58498)	4/17/2006 8:27:14 PM
From: russwinter	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110194

Housing equivalent rent is a large part of the CPI. Now that it's taking off, and housing prices are sliding, time to finesse it back to a homeowner price cost index?