Gig Harbor site of homebuying class at end of month - 2004-01-07
The Washington State Housing Finance Commission, in conjunction with the Kitsap Housing Coalition and local Gig Harbor instructors trained by the commission, will give a free Housing and Urban Development-approved five-hour first time homebuyer class.

The home buying process and non-government/conventional first mortgage and down payment assistant programs will be reviewed. The class is set for Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Gig Harbor Library, at 4424 Fosdick Dr., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Judge says no to release request for former mortgage company owner - 2004-01-07
For the second time in a month, a federal judge has turned down a request to let the former co-owner of a Naples mortgage company out of jail before he is sentenced.

Former Naples resident Jack Pentz, convicted Nov. 24 of wire fraud and money laundering, had renewed his request to be released until his March 1 sentencing.
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