Ticking off consumers - 2003-11-24
Complaints about the Internet and e-commerce made the list of top 10 categories that gave consumers the most trouble for the first time last year, a survey revealed Monday.

Here's the list of the top 10 areas that generated the most consumer complaints last year.

No. 4 offender: Credit. Complaints about predatory mortgage lending, credit card fees and billing, credit repair and reporting, and very pricey small loans helped push "credit" up one notch from the No. 5 slot it held in 2001.
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Fannie Mae economist believes housing market will continue to grow - 2003-11-24
With mortgage rates having came off their four-decade lows and home sales believed to have peaked, the housing market may be at a crossroads.

David Berson, chief economist and vice president of mortgage giant Fannie Mae, came to Dallas last week to say he's in the optimists' camp. Berson says housing sales will slow a little over the next year, but that will only mean that 2004 will be the second-strongest year ever.
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