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December 26, 2002
Home-and-loan stories you may have missed
By TOM KELLY
The Real Estate Advisor
The Real Estate Advisor
If there was any splurging that occurred in 2002, chances are consumers took a shot at a bigger or better home – or a larger mortgage.
Housing remained one of the few bright lights in the past year’s economy, allowing buyers and sellers a narrow avenue of confidence in confusing, times. Most of the folks who bought a home - or pulled money out of their present one - showed that they felt the risk of taking on housing debt was absolutely better than the rest of the selections on the menu.
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- Agent paid for lockbox that led to her arrest, 11-21-2002
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