Struggling family acquires home with help of nonprofit group - 2003-09-15
Will Anderson grew up in a West Des Moines home whose value was more than $300,000. His father had a good job at Deere & Co.

Later this month, with the help of Home Inc., a nonprofit housing group, his family will buy and move into a new two-story home in the 1500 block of 12th Street. The mortgage payments will be about $200 less a month than their rent, and his 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son won't have to share a bedroom.
Read the full story at Des Moines Register

Housing prices higher, but financing down: BMO - 2003-09-15
Housing prices in Canada may be increasing, but a new report from Bank of Montreal says the average monthly cost of financing a home has dropped in the past year based on an average five-year fixed mortgage.

According to a report from the bank's economics department, the average monthly cost of financing a new home, based on an average five-year fixed mortgage, has dropped 1.7 per cent from a year ago.
Read the full story at Globe and Mail