Cape housing market healthy - 2004-01-07
In 2003, Cape Codders landed with both feet into the mortgage re-financing boom. Meanwhile, the value of the average property sale continued to rise, according to data from the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds.

The registry tracks all property sales, residential and commercial, between $25,000 and $1 million. It also tracks mortgages, including refinancings.
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First Federal of the South Announces Purchase of Walton Mortgage - 2004-01-07
Joe K. McArthur, President and CEO of First Federal of the South today announced, "I am pleased to report that Walton Mortgage, Inc., situated in Chelsea, Alabama, has joined First Federal's wholly-owned subsidiary, SouthFirst Mortgage, Inc., effective immediately."

"We are extremely pleased to have Ms. Dot Walton and Ms. Alana Beaugez, Walton Mortgage's CEO and President, respectively, join our SouthFirst family. Both Dot and Alana bring many years of outstanding mortgage loan experience to SouthFirst Mortgage."
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