Mortgage boost supports house price boom - 2004-03-01
The Bank of England said advances were the second highest number on record at £25 billion, only marginally down on the record £25.69 billion set in November last year.

However, the value of mortgages approved was slightly weaker at £25.67 billion, £1.1 billion lower than the average for the three months to the end of December. And just 110,000 loans were approved during January for buying a house, compared with a recent average of 120,000.
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Pay off HELOC with credit card? - 2004-03-01
Dear Dr. Don,
Am I better off transferring the debt from my home equity line, which is presently at 4.99 percent and caps out at 6.25 percent, to a low-cost fixed rate credit card that is guaranteed to stay at 3.99 percent? Robert Restructure

Dear Robert,
Your HELOC (home equity line of credit) has one advantage that the credit card line does not, and that is the potential tax deduction of the interest expense. A HELOC is a second mortgage and mortgage interest is a tax deductible expense.
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