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Article text courtesy of nytimes.com

Home Maintenance Inflation Is Real

Buying a home is a milestone, but after the moving truck leaves you still have to take care of it — roofs leak, paint peels, appliances break. Unfortunately for homeowners, the cost of maintenance is going up.

A new report by Thumbtack — an online platform that connects homeowners to handymen, contractors and other home professionals — examined the cost of more than 100,000 maintenance jobs in the 40 largest U.S. metropolitan markets. The costs were reported directly by consumers or service professionals and were limited in the study to maintenance work, such as repairs to appliances and HVAC systems, landscaping and window washing.