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And that point fails.

So you claim a 10% rise in housing prices translates into what % jump in CPI?

First, you disregard the impacts on those actively buying houses...as if there is nothing to see there.

What % are actively buying houses? What is the impact on them?

Then you ignore the fact that at some point, everyone needs to change housing.

If I don't change houses for 10 years, housing inflation does not impact me until 2015.

Adding on rooms. Fixing things (windows, roofs, siding, sidewalks, driveways, garage floors, heating and A/C plants, flooring) Moving. Etc.

My point about housing said nothing about repairs. Obviously if repairs are more expensive that impacts CPI.

And if the production cost has gone through the roof, well, that is only the problem of those people buying new houses

That's what I said.

And you have shown no actual competing data.

Look to your own data dump. In post #212, the BLS numbers are superior to the goldbug numbers. Does BLS count as competing data?

And how is it that your own data dumps are not totally irrelevant.

I don't think I've ever dumped more than a page in any post. You regularly dump pages and pages with no indication of what you think the relevant portion might be. Formatting is your friend.