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February 21, 2008
The Real Estate Adviser: Should you pay off second-home loan?
By Tom Kelly
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Big-ticket items have been delegated to the back burner for now. The reduce-your-debt environment continues, just ask the major home improvement contractors who have taken on more and more home maintenance jobs.
Consumers clearly are pulling in the financial reins. One of the reasons Congress has passed a stimulus package is to get Americans to loosen their grip, spend more cash and begin to turn the economy around.
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