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They are census questions, which the census responder fills out: https://www.census.gov/acs/www/about/why-we-ask-each-question/ownership/#:~:text=We%20ask%20ab
by sokoloff 3y ago
They are census questions, which the census responder fills out:
https://www.census.gov/acs/www/about/why-we-ask-each-question/ownership/#:~:text=We%20ask%20about%20whether%20a,about%20rent%20and%20home%20value https://www.census.gov/acs/www/about/why-we-ask-each-questio....
(There's a blue-green box midway down the page that you can expand to see the actual questions.)
- jeffbee 3y agoI see, thanks! It seems like the valuation would suffer from the same problem as "owner imputed rent" component of BLS consumer price index surveys. People who haven't been in the housing market for 30+ years have no idea what the house is worth.