This Old Money Gusher - 2004-03-29
A few years ago, the surging stock market promised to put a Hummer in every garage and drop the retirement age to 37. Today, with real estate prices soaring, refinances booming and mortgage rates skimming bottom, Americans look at their homes rather than their tech stocks as gold-stuffed pinatas aching to be whacked.
"People are watching their home values," says Burton Jablin, president of home-and-garden network HGTV, "like they used to watch their 401(k)s."
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