Will economy be Bush's downfall - 2004-02-20
As the presidential election begins in earnest, candidates looking to unseat Mr George W. Bush have fixated on the still sluggish labour market.

The booming housing market has given even struggling workers the ability to latch onto a tangible talisman of personal progress.
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Condos hit single-family price parity - 2004-02-20
Condominiums, the long-suffering stepchild of the U.S. housing market, have arrived of age. In big cities and across the Sun Belt, condo sales are booming, and prices are up smartly.

They've moved in the past few years from laggard to leader in a national housing market that took off a decade ago and has been kept strong by high demand and low mortgage rates.
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