Get Extra-Low Mortgage Rates - 2004-04-01
With interest rates still hovering near rock-bottom levels, many homebuyers are being quite reasonable when they opt for fixed-rate mortgages. They're not likely to go much lower, so why would you want to choose an adjustable-rate mortgage? Well, actually, there is a good reason to do so.

Think about this: How likely are you to stay in the home you're buying for 30 years? How likely are you to still be in the same dwelling in just five or 10 years?
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Mortgage equity withdrawal at new record - 2004-04-01
Mortgage equity withdrawal touched a new record of 16.2 billion pounds in the fourth quarter of last year compared with a revised estimate of 13.6 billion pounds in the third quarter, the Bank of England revealed.

That amounted to 8.3 percent of household disposable income, up from 7.0 percent. For the whole of 2003, UK mortgage equity withdrawal totalled 53 billion pounds -- roughly the size of Ireland's economy.
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