Low-rate mortgage loans for highest paid staff needs to be evaluated - 2004-02-06
Looks like a new bank may open in town, and it's located right in City Hall. Its focus will be on home mortgage loans to lure city department heads when vacancies arise.

Only days after bemoaning what may lie in wait for the city's budget after the state gets finished picking at it, the city manager and City Council decided at Tuesday's council meeting that it's time to draw up a policy to finance newly hired city chiefs.
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Homes away from home country - 2004-02-06
The thought of getting a mortgage in the UK is enough to fill most people with despair, so you could be forgiven for thinking twice about buying a property overseas.

Fortunately, finding finance on a foreign home is not as difficult as you might think - and you won't necessarily have to learn the French for "loan to value".
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