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How home prices behaves during and after great inflation 1970s in USA

Is there any chart/data or research on average home prices during 1970s in USA in big cities (NY, LA etc.). I'm particularly interested in average price per square meter between 1970 to 1985.
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Why does adjusting for inflation work?

In my experience, different products change price at different rates. Even household staples such as bread or cleaning products don't change the same at the same time. So, when talking about the past ...
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How to calculate worth of money N year ago from given inflation value

I want to calculate worth of money N years ago. Based on this post, it can be calculated using CPI, but I want to use given inflation value N years ago. It better if I can get reference(s) of formula ...
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Calculating worth of money at different times

I have seen some documentaries mentioning some amount of money in a particular year and then telling how much would it worth today. One such example is on the Wikipedia page of Pablo Escobar, which ...
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Web sites for historical foreign currency exchange rates and inflation data?

Say that I'm watching a Swedish movie from the 1970s where a bank gets robbed and the robbers get away with 10 million SEK. I might then like to know how much that corresponds to in U.S. dollars today,...
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