Yeah, I am hearing a lot of that as well. Though, I am not sure if the population increase is what made things more expensive or just inflation/regulation of the past 3 years.
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I have several friends that sell real estate and the amount of out of state cash buyers in 20-22 was wild. A friend closed on a house in March 2020 for $480k and sold it in March 24 for $910k. Buyers were from NY