United Bancorp, Inc. Reports Record Earnings Reflecting an Increase of 16% for 2003 - 2004-01-26
United Bancorp, Inc., headquartered in Martins Ferry, Ohio posted record earnings of $3,639,391 for 2003 versus $3,220,163 for 2002. For the year basic earnings per share was $1.04 for 2003 compared to $0.90 for 2002, a solid increase of 16%.

With the low interest rate environment in 2003, the Company's secondary market mortgage program generated a gain of $286,832 compared to $179,683 for 2002.
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SecureMove releases lifetime mortgage service - 2004-01-26
SecureMove Corporate Property Services has released what it regards as the first end-to-end service for UK lifetime mortgage providers from a single supplier.

The new lifetime mortgage property service offers a managed sales programme to assist the lender, its customer or the estate optimise the best asset value. It provides periodic property inspections, specialist reports, cleaning and clearance and market appraisals for the lender
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