Home purchasing in Aspen can be tricky for some - 2004-03-07
In the nation's second-highest priced real estate market, where many buyers disbursed millions in cash for vacation palaces, working folks play a high-risk game even to buy a home.

Some Aspen-area households divert more than half their income to cover million-dollar mortgages. Community leaders moonlight as waiters to pay home-improvement loans.
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Counselors: Be cautios about home equity - 2004-03-07
Homes have become the new source of cash. Owners have refinanced in record numbers, pulling out cash to remodel, pay bills or just splurge.

Home equity loans and lines of credit are also a popular option. Wells Fargo now promotes a combination mortgage and home equity line of credit.
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