Pacifica Bank Declares Expanded Mortgage Loan Services - 2004-01-19
Pacifica Bank today declared plans to improve its consumer mortgage lending program. SVP Katty Chow was named to head up the company's residential mortgage lending efforts. "Our clients have come to expect services tailored to their individual needs," said CEO & President John A. Kennedy,

Pacifica partners with several premier mortgage lenders in providing mortgage loans to both complex and non-conforming purchasers, with fixed or adjustable rates, and with varying terms.
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Mid-Essex: Wage shock for house seekers - 2004-01-19
People looking to purchase even the smallest property in mid-Essex must earn excess of £25,000.

First-time buyers wanting to buy a one-bedroom flat in Braintree need to be earning almost a quarter of the £110,000 average price to get a 100 per cent mortgage.

A couple looking to buy the same property would need a joint income of about £36,000 for a 100 per cent mortgage and a person on their own about £27,000.
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