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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (220619)	2/12/2003 11:34:24 AM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

hold tight ... >>Record low mortgage rates last week failed to spur an increase in mortgage applications, probably because cold weather and concerns about Iraq made consumers less inclined to buy homes, a trade group said on Wednesday.<< feel the conviction. "Honey, would you put another chair on the fire ...it's chilly in here since they cut off the gas" biz.yahoo.com >>He said mortgage availability has been a "very critical factor" in keeping the economy going. But the Fed chief said the central bank has only a limited capability to affect home ownership rates. "It strikes me that whatever can be done should be done to press that (home ownership) forward but the Federal Reserve has only limited capabilities in that regard," he said. << rich@own__my_own_mortgage.com