30-Year Loan Rate Moves Up to 5.68% - 2004-01-31
Mortgage rates around the country moved up this week amid speculation on Wall Street about when the Federal Reserve might start pushing up short-term interest rates.

The average rate on 30-year mortgages increased to 5.68 percent, from 5.64 percent last week, Freddie Mac, the mortgage giant, said Thursday in its weekly nationwide survey of mortgage rates.
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Real Estate Mailbag - 2004-01-31
Q DEAR BOB: My father passed away three years ago at age 78, leaving his estate to my brother and me. We divided the assets equitably with no problems, except for the house.

ADEAR TODD: Your father's girlfriend has a legal duty to maintain the property and pay the property taxes and the mortgage interest, if any. Failure to do so is called "waste" and is a legal basis for the remaindermen to sue to have the life estate terminated.
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