£1 trillion: our home loan debt - 2005-02-06
Britain's mortgage debt will surpass the £1 trillion barrier for the first time next year, according to the Council For Mortgage Lenders.

The huge number of more than £1,000bn will mean the stock of outstanding mortgages will almost equal an entire year's gross domestic product - the income produced by Britain's businesses, Government and individuals.
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Georgia struggles with rising tide of mortgage fraud - 2005-02-06
Oslen Ware thought he landed a good deal when he bought a home in the Apple Valley subdivision in 2003.

He took out $10,000 from his 401(k) and used it as a down payment on the three-bedroom home in northeast Bibb County. But his happiness was short-lived. Ware found that the mortgage payments were almost $800, about $200 more than he expected.
Read the full story at Macon Telegraph