Post-purchase priorities - 2004-03-20
If you are a new homeowner, the year will be laden with new responsibilities, projects and home maintenance to-dos. And even if you've given up the rest of your New Year's resolutions by now, here's one that should stick - your vow to keep your house safe and your household financially secure.

One of the most important steps you can take is to ensure you've adjusted to your new mortgage payment and the slew of other payments you make as a homeowner.
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County median home prices still climbing - 2004-03-20
Los Angeles County's median home price touched $352,000 in February, a surge of nearly 24 percent from a year earlier.

"We hadn't anticipated numbers this strong, but, then again, we thought mortgage interest rates would edge up a bit, not down,' DataQuick President Marshall Prentice said. "The thinking is that today's activity may be drawing from future sales activity, that buyers want to get in while the interest rates are low.'
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