Consumer Watch | Reaching credit agencies can be hassle - 2004-02-14
If there's any advice you hear continously from financial advisers and consumer columnists, it's to check your credit reports on a regular basis.

You need to do so, we tell you, to make sure there are no errors, to guard against identity theft, and simply to better understand what goes into the report. It will affect you later on if you apply for loans such as mortgages.
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Median home prices soaring high - 2004-02-14
South Bay cities placed in the top 10 in percentage increases and in priciest homes.%/H1%

California's median home price touched another record high at the end of last year, further pushing up the cost of becoming a homeowner in the state.

The median price for an existing, single-family detached home rose 17.9 percent to $391,680 in the fourth quarter, pushing up the monthly mortgage payment.
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