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Banks Take Second Look at Mobile Homes

By Dan Gorenstein on Monday, May 5, 2008.

Homeowners who live in mobile home parks are paying anywhere from 8-15% interest on their mortgages- way more than people who own other types of housing.

That only makes it harder to pay the bills for those homeowners who often live on moderate or fixed incomes.

But home mortgage giant Fannie Mae and local banks are starting to look at some of these communities in a new way.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

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State Dems Claim Unity As Obama And Clinton Battle On

By Josh Rogers on Monday, May 5, 2008.

Top local Dems pledge to ensure GOP nominee John McCain won’t win in November. The Move comes as new polls show McCain benefiting from protracted primary battle.

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Residents Resist a Drug Clinic in Conway

By Richelle Elberg on Monday, May 5, 2008.

Drug addiction is a well known problem across America, and small towns like Conway are not immune.

But area residents were shocked last month when they learned that a private, for-profit company wants to open a methadone clinic in town to treat people addicted to opiates.

It isn't heroin use that's driving the reported demand - it's the growing problem of prescription drug abuse.

NHPR correspondent Richelle Elberg reports from Conway.

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Horrors in the Housing Market

By Laura Knoy on Monday, May 5, 2008.

Housing prices continue to drop, home sales have plummeted over 40%, houses stay on the market longer than they have in a decade and foreclosures have doubled once again. But there are small bright spots - lower home prices mean more options for first time homebuyers, plus low interest rates could help those trying to refinance. We’ll explore the state of real estate in New Hampshire.

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  • Russ Thibeault, president of Applied Economic Research in Laconia
  • Shawne Wickham, Senior Reporter for the New Hampshire Sunday News
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