Does purchasing a home always beat renting? - 2004-01-23
President Bush’s 2003 tax cuts did more than return some money into people’s wallets. For lots of folks, it also reduced -- and in some cases, eliminated -- the tax benefit they got from owning a home.

First, most mortgages require you to pay down your balance over time, creating a form of “forced savings.” Even if your home never appreciates at all, you gradually build up more equity over time with your payments.
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Mortgage rates reaches 40-year low - 2004-01-23
The interest rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage is currently 5.8 percent. And this could be your last opportunity to take advantage of such low rates.

Mortgage rates dropped last week and are now at their lowest levels since July. Thirty-year fixed rate mortgages are at 5.58%, a 40 year low. And it's another chance to refinance. Rates were at 6.2% in early December.
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