That's an interesting thought, does the government have cpi-like numbers for different localities, or just the one number? Rents are included in cpi, but home

That's an interesting thought, does the government have cpi-like numbers for different localities, or just the one number? Rents are included in cpi, but home prices aren't. Now, of course they are correlated, but that's certainly one of the arguments against using cpi. edit: answered my own question, the bureau of labor statistics has more numbers than you can shake a stick at.