Santa Fe, N.M., Home Prices May Remain Same in 2004 - 2004-01-26
Santa Fe's real estate market is not expected to get much more expensive in the 2004 real estate year, but prices won't tumble much either.

The company's leaders who prepared the report, Michael and Pat French, maintain that a slowdown in the market "could come before November if mortgage rates jump too high too quickly, or if housing prices, which in some cases have gotten ahead of themselves, become a low-grade virus for consumers."
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Don't bite off too much house - 2004-01-26
Thirty years ago, first-time home buyers were often told to maximize as far as they possibly could to acquire a house. Back then, that advice made some sense. Today, it can be a recipe for disaster.

What’s more, you can’t count on your real estate agent, a mortgage loan officer, your friends and family or an Internet calculator to know what you can really afford. That’s a decision you have to make yourself after reviewing your finances, your future obligations, your goals and your gut.
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