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CityLab Daily: Has the Amazon HQ2 Housing Spike Started Already?

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HQ2 voodoo: There are just two months left for Amazon to say which city will host the company’s second headquarters. The HQ2 announcement could come at any time, and speculators are already casting bets on real estate markets in the finalist cities.