Kerry's Mortgage Loan Was Key to His Revival - 2004-02-02
Today Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.) is the Democratic front-runner, higher in the polls, cash coming in over the Internet, his fundraisers getting checks instead of dial tones.

Kerry started pouring his own money into the campaign. On Dec. 12, he put in $500,000 and on Dec. 15, an additional $350,000, after obtaining an advance on a $6.4 million mortgage on his Boston house while the financing was being approved.
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Texas Mortgage Lenders See Slowdown in Business despite Low Rates - 2004-02-02
Even with interest rates hovering at six-month low, mortgage lenders aren't witnessing the rush of business they had last year.

"It's hard to understand because the rate is so good," said Tammie Harding, executive vice president of Intrust Mortgage in Fort Worth.

The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 5.58 percent last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Read the full story at Miami Herald