HK residential mortgage loans in negative equity lower - 2004-02-12
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority revealed Thursday that the number of residential mortgage loans in negative equity dropped further by almost one-third to around 67,600 cases with a value of 107 billion HK dollars (13.79 billion US dollars) over the three-month period winding up at the end of December, 2003.

The sharp decline in the number and amount of mortgage loans in negative equity back to around the level in March 2002 is encouraging.
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Hispanic home ownership on the uptrend - 2004-02-12
Record-low interest rates during the past couple of years have helped many people become homeowners for the first time. Hispanics, in particular, have enjoyed rock-bottom mortgage rates.

According to the U.S. Census, between 1995 and 2000, the number of Hispanic home buyers in the U.S. grew by 31 percent — more than any other minority group.
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