PREDATORY LENDING: Settlement done with Household - 2003-08-07
Approximately 6,900 Wisconsin residents are eligible for a share of a $5.1 million settlement with Household International Inc. over alleged deceptive and unfair lending practices.

Mortgage or home equity borrowers, most of whom are from southeast Wisconsin, should receive claim notices in the mail over the next two weeks. Consumers who obtained a mortgage loan directly from Household International from January 1999 through September 2002 are eligible.
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Median price of South County homes jumps 7.9 percent over the previous year - 2003-08-07
When mortgage interest rates bottomed out in mid-June and climbed for five straight weeks in July, it set off a rush in the South County housing market, leading to new monthly records for median price, closed sales and pending sales.

The median price of South County houses and condominiums rose 7.9 percent in July to $226,750, compared with $210,000 in July 2002.
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