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Did anyone see an article in Newsday (home related

Junebride Posted:

Did anyone see an article in Newsday (home related

A friend of mine told me that her father read an article in Newday (she thinks Sunday, Feb. 3rd) that said don't buy a home now they are going to drop in 6 months? I've been on the Newsday site trying to find this article - and I can't find anything that says this - did anyone else happen to see this?
Please let me know - I'm just curious on what it said -
Thanks

Karen H Posted:

Did anyone see an article in Newsday (home related

There was an article awhile back on the future of real estate on LI, but I don't recall it specifically saying don't buy a house for 6 months because prices will drop. I think it was more a general softening of the market a bit IF the economy doesn't recover.

Kel Posted:

Prices may drop, but mortgage rates have steadily increased *NM*

Karen H Posted:

Mortgage rates - down in the past few weeks...

They rose for awhile, then spiked, then dropped, and if you go to bankrate.com you can track it. The NY rates are mirroring the national rate, but are slightly higher (of course!)

We're getting ready to lock in. When we applied in December we were quoted 6.75 then they rose to 7 1/8 but last check they were 6 7/8 and that was before this past week's decline, so I'm hoping we can get back to the 6.75.

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