Cincinnati Home Sales Break Record For 2003 - 2004-01-26
December 2003 made a record year for home sales in Greater Cincinnati. There were 1,685 home sales in December 2003, a 6.98% increase in home sales over December 2002's 1,575 transactions.

Nationally, sales of previously owned homes set a record high in 2003 as decades-low mortgage rates proved too good for many buyers to pass up.
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Pulaski blunts mortgage downturn with other business - 2004-01-26
Higher net interest income, greater retail banking revenue, gains on the sale of equity securities and cost-controls nullified a 34 percent decline in mortgages in the first quarter for Pulaski Financial Corp.

The company reported a profit of $1.4 million, down slightly from $1.45 million in the same quarter last year.
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