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Clever Real Estate's study shows that since 1984, home prices in California have grown much faster than inflation, with San Jose seeing the largest gap of $732,712. Across all markets studied, housing prices nationwide increased by 441%, compared to just a 210% rise in general inflation. Since January 2011, home prices tripled in thirteen major metropolitan areas including Riverside and Fresno, while national inflation rose by 47.7%.
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A study by Clever Real Estate shows that California has the largest housing inflation gap compared to other states, with home prices tripling since 1984 while inflation grew only 210%. In San Jose, for example, a median-priced home now costs $1,375,000, but if it had grown in line with general inflation, it would cost just $642,288, an extra $732,712. Similarly high gaps exist in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Across the US, home prices rose faster than inflation between January 2011 and January 2026; for instance, Miami saw a 201% increase compared to national inflation growth of 47.7%.
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A bombshell study reveals California has the nation’s largest housing inflation gap, forcing buyers to shell out hundreds of thousands more than they should.
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The new study, conducted by Clever Real Estate, compares current median home prices versus what homes would cost if prices kept pace with inflation since 1984.
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prices → conduct → 1984
The report reveals that since 1984, home prices have grown 441% while inflation only grew 210%.
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inflation → reveal → 1984
If prices matched inflation, the median home would cost $242,309 today compared to $423,100 nationwide.
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home → match → 423,100
National inflation went up by 47.7% between January 2011 and January 2026, but home prices rose faster in all 50 of the largest metros.
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prices → go → metros
In Miami and Phoenix, prices outpaced general inflation by 201% and 177%, respectively.
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“A San Jose home costs $1,375,000 but would be only $642,288 following inflation alone, a difference of $732,712.
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home → cost → 732,712
The next largest gaps are in San Diego ($432,043), Los Angeles ($429,794), and San Francisco ($416,170),” the report said.
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Riverside also had a gap of $303,991 while Fresno’s was $220,493.
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Since 2011, home prices have tripled in 13 of the 50 largest metros, such as in Riverside, Fresno and Sacramento.
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Clever Real Estate, a St. Louis-based real estate company founded in 2017 that helps connect homeowners to local realtors, compared “four decades of federal home price data with the Consumer Prime Index” and “ran the same comparison across the 50 most populous US metros over the past 15 years” for the study.
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Although housing prices in all 50 metros outpaced inflation since 2011, costs in 27 of the 50 metros have begun to trail inflation over the past year.
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costs → outpace → year
Inflation increased 2.4% between January of last year and January of this year as home prices rose 1.4%.
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