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Vinca

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10. I know I recognized the name of one buyer I heard about as someone I'd seen on MSNBC. Also, during that time,

Reply to Raftergirl (Reply #9)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 02:30 PM

Nov 3

I heard about a celebrity who had bought something north of us who had been in the antique shop where I sold things. It's nice to live in such a desirable area - it's beautiful and the people are very nice - but the days are gone when mom worked at the handbag factory and dad worked at the printing press and the kids grew up in a home the parents owned and didn't rent.

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Bessent says high US interest rates may have caused housing recession [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 3 OP

This guy is an idiot.... Puppyjive Nov 3 #1

Exactly right William Seger Nov 3 #4

Home prices here have more than doubled since 2016. Jimi du Ranty Nov 3 #2

meth is a horrible drug. nt Javaman Nov 3 #3

I did a little research, and the 30 year fixed mortgage rate has hardly budged since the Fed began cutting rates progree Nov 3 #5

Damn Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 3 #6

Obviously antidotal, and specific to my town, but houses are being snapped up in days of going on the market, Raftergirl Nov 3 #7

I always blamed the housing prices in our area on something we saw during Covid. I live in a very blue Vinca Nov 3 #8

I know a family that bought a huge spread in Vermont during the lockdown. They moved from Manhattan. The husband Raftergirl Nov 3 #9

I know I recognized the name of one buyer I heard about as someone I'd seen on MSNBC. Also, during that time, Vinca Nov 3 #10

My mom's cousin owned a shoe manufacturer that was located in southern NH. Very successful for decades. Raftergirl Nov 3 #11

Manufacturing shoes was a big thing in our area until suddenly everything was outsourced to China. Too bad really. Vinca Nov 3 #12

Fed's Goolsbee, Cook, Daly join growing chorus of officials undecided on December rate cut Yahoo Finance, 11/3/25 progree Nov 3 #13

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