H&R Block Reports Lower 3Q Profits - 2004-02-25
H&R Block Inc.'s third-quarter profit dropped 19 percent, mainly due to lower mortgage-asset sales than in the previous year.

The Kansas City-based tax preparer reported earnings of $106.7 million, or 59 cents per share, for the quarter that ended Jan. 31. That compared with earnings of $132.3 million, or 73 cents per share, for the third quarter of 2003.
Read the full story at San Jose Mercury News

HUD 'Fix' Most Likely to Hurt Home Buyers - 2004-02-25
If you are amongst the millions of homeowners who have refinanced a mortgage in the last two years - maybe not once, but perhaps twice or three times - then you have done your duty to jump-start the economy and get it going again.

Or if you are one of the many millions who have bought new homes in the same period, you have not only made the mortgage bankers happy, but also the realtors, the building trades, and the home-furnishings industry.
Read the full story at Insight Magazine