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Metro areas are metropolitan statistical areas, not city limits. No purchase-only, expanded-data or metropolitan-division series are spliced into these records.","The entire downloaded series uses the current OMB Bulletin 23-01 metropolitan delineations, including older observations. It does not reproduce the boundaries in force in each historical quarter.","The source may revise historical estimates. This immutable snapshot records the exact downloaded release through 2026 Q2; saved scenes replay this release.","Start/graduation year resolves to Q1 of a supported year; unavailable dates are visibly resolved. Missing source observations remain unknown. Playback shows quarterly snapshots without inventing intermediate prices.","Rebased index = 100 × current index / starting index; growth = 100 × (current index / starting index − 1). Both flat and height views use these identical values; heights represent index points, not dollars or building height.","Values are nominal and contain seasonal effects. 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