Property investors look to stock market as prices falter - 2005-01-14
Property speculators are moving their investments out of the housing market as prices in Wales cool down.

Estate agents posted a drop in the number of buyers wanting to play the property game. After the Bank of England's interest rate rises last summer, borrowing for a mortgage has become more expensive.
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Leading Mexican Mortgage Co Plans 64% Loan Growth In 2005 - 2005-01-14
Mexico's largest private mortgage company, Hipotecaria Nacional, said Friday it will grant 64% more mortgages this year than in 2004.

Hipotecaria Nacional, which was acquired last year by Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), said it plans to make 36,000 home loans, or 26% of the 139,000 mortgages that private-sector banks and non-bank mortgage companies aim to grant between them.
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