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Date Added: May 22, 2008 08:48:03 PM

Most of us reading this newspaper have a mortgage, own our home or want to buy one. So, when The Miami Herald writes about housing, it is affecting a major source of our net worth. As the value of our house goes, so goes the value of our savings, retirement and credit.

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