Editing Bermuda (section)

===Housing===
The affordability of housing became a prominent issue during Bermuda's business peak in 2005 but has softened with the decline of Bermuda's real estate prices. [[The World Factbook]] lists the average cost of a house in June 2003 as $976,000,<ref name="cia">{{Cite web |last=Central Intelligence Agency |author-link=Central Intelligence Agency |year=2009 |title=Bermuda |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bermuda/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109202200/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bermuda |archive-date=9 January 2021 |access-date=23 January 2010 |publisher=[[The World Factbook]]}}</ref> while real estate agencies have claimed that this figure had risen to between $1.6&nbsp;million<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kent |first=Jonathan |date=10 January 2007 |title=Average cost of houses hits $1.6m |work=[[The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)|The Royal Gazette]] |url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20070110/NEWS/301109911 |access-date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905065237/http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20070110/NEWS/301109911 |archive-date=5 September 2018}}</ref> and $1.845&nbsp;million by 2007,<ref>Ebbin, Meredith (2 August 2007), [http://www.bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=34741&TM=49374.21 "Average family home now $1.8m"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807134008/http://bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=34741&TM=49374.21 |date=7 August 2011 }}, ''Bermuda Sun''.</ref> though such high figures have been disputed.<ref>Kent, Jonathan (12 January 2007), [https://archive.today/20130202022405/http://www.royalgazette.com/rg/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d7161330030024 "$1.6m average house price? It's a distortion says Sir John"], ''The Royal Gazette''. {{dead link|date=September 2018}}</ref>