This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 2624. How to talk about housing costs without sounding rude.

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Should you ask someone how much their home costs?

Today, find out the answer and how you can ask this question in a more indirect way to avoid being rude in English.

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Hey, Lindsay, how are you?

Hey, Michelle, I am excited.

How are you doing?

I'm good.

Lindsay, have you ever been really surprised by how much someone has paid for their home,

maybe a celebrity or someone you know? Yeah. Well, it's not people I know because I don't usually

know exactly how much people paid for their home, but when I look at houses that have sold,

I'm very surprised by the prices, at least in Denver. And I think, was it really worth,

are these houses really worth that price? I'm not so sure. Yeah. It's interesting how like,

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