Time to pare back your spending - 2004-01-14
Yesterday, we discussed ways of paring your debts before turning 2004 into a prosperous year.
You've transferred your mortgage to a cheaper lender. You've moved your credit-card debt to a card offering zero per cent for the next six moths.

You've re-scheduled other loans to make them more affordable. You've even persuaded rich uncle Fred to turn his £5,000 loan to you into a gift which will reduce the inheritance tax due when he dies.
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County home sales growing - 2004-01-14
Jack and Edie Hazelwood, in their mid-50s, just moved from a four-acre farm with four barns to an Anderson condominium.

"We're tired of doing all that work," Edie Hazelwood said. "It was just a sudden thing. We decided to put it up for sale and in nine days it sold."

The market cooperated with the equity they'd built in the farm for the quick lifestyle swap, and the couple is mortgage-free.
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