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Despite the mortgage rates, home-buying still is impossible for many. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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July 29, 1993
- Author:
- Austin, Gene
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1993 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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With mortgage-interest rates at their lowest level in more than two decades, why aren't more people able to buy houses?
Two new studies give the not-so-surprising answer: Would-be buyers, especially those who want to buy for the first time, often lack the money to pay down payments and closing costs.
Despite the low interest rates and relatively stable housing prices in the current housing market, home-buying still is impossible for many, including some with steady jobs.
And unless legislators or lenders come up with solutions to the up-front-money problem, many would-be buyers will remain locked out of the housing market, the experts contend.
The money needed ...
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JENNIE TUNKIEICZ;
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775 words
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787 words
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Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;
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787 words
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Top Health, Development and Environmental Experts to Address Lead...
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597 words
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Wheeler, Ericka C.;
491 words
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550 words
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455 words
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U.S. Newswire;
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787 words
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
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455 words
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STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES "CRADLE YOUR BABY FROM LEAD EXPOSURE"...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
January 31, 2007 ;
612 words
......your Baby from Lead Exposure" lead poisoning prevention education campaign for children and pregnant women. Lead poisoning is one of the most common and...toward eliminating the threat of lead poisoning for Missouri children, the Missouri...
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MARYLAND SCHOOLS TO FOCUS ON PREVENTING LEAD POISONING DURING AWARENESS...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
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453 words
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VNA helps to prevent lead poisoning
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);
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JULIA M. GOURLEY;
295 words
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