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Nassau-Suffolk Population: 2,753,913
NY

Market forecast (June 2006-2007)	-1.5%
5-year historical change (2001–2005):	90.6%
5-year historical change, average annual:	13.8%
Change last year:	9.8%
FORECAST FROM FISERV CSW AND MOODY'S ECONOMY.COM

Median home value:	$480,000
Median family income:	$88,850
Median home value to median family income:	5.4

Worst historical decline:	-11.4%
Last peak at beginning of decline:	1988:Q3
Last trough of decline:	1991:Q1

More places in New York
Metro area	Market forecast (June 2006-June 2007)
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	3.9%
Binghamton	5.0%
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	4.9%
Elmira	5.1%
Glens Falls	8.8%
Ithaca	4.7%
Kingston	3.2%
Nassau-Suffolk	-1.5%
New York-Wayne-White Plains	2.1%
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown	1.7%
Rochester	4.7%
Syracuse	4.6%
Utica-Rome	6.0%

Sources:
Population: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000
Median Family Income: U.S. Department of Housing and Development, 2005
Median Home Prices: Fiserv Lending Solutions, National Association of Realtors, 2005
Historical change: Fiserv Lending Solutions, OFHEO, 2001 – 2005
Market forecasts: Fiserv Lending Solutions and Moody's Economy.com, June 2006 – June 2007