[Areading314]

Construction costs have been outpacing headline inflation by a huge amount. This has accrued to costs of repairs easily exceeding 20-30% over a few years ago.

[aeternum]

If you forget how to build things you soon forget how to fix things.

[lWaterboardCats]

I’ve been curious myself to the economics of construction. Wondering if there’s a cool place where this type of stuff I broken down, otherwise I’m having a hard time believing some of these estimates.

[black6]

Anecdotally my homeowner's insurance increased 34% from last year. When I talked to the underwriters about the huge jump I was told that it was due to the increased cost of rebuilding associated with inflation.

[hwillis]

The cost of thunderstorms has doubled from 5 years ago.

https://www.swissre.com/press-release/Insured-losses-from-se...