BMO Bank of Montreal Cuts Mortgage Rates - 2004-03-02
BMO Bank of Montreal today declared it is changing its variable mortgage rates immediate on March 3, 2004. The new rates are:

Variable Rates: To: Change: 3 year open 4.000% -0.25% 6 year Below Prime 3.625% -0.25% 5 year Protected 3.900% -0.25%

The cap on the five-year protected variable rate mortgage is 5.80%.
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Howard County Looks at Higher Density Living as Open Land Becomes Less Available - 2004-03-02
''The future for Howard County is going to be a huge switch toward higher density,'' revealed Department of Planning and Zoning research division director Jeff Bronow, commenting on its new annual Development System Monitoring Report.

A drop in supply of new homes and low mortgage rates, which put more buyers on the market, pushed up the median price for single-family homes by 13.9 percent to $396,600 and for townhouses by 10.9 percent to $203,300.
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