101.   Rates on home equity loans fell in the past week, declining for a third week.

102.   Rates on home equity loans were little changed in the past week, even as yields on benchmark Treasury bonds climbed.

103.   Recognizing the enormous popularity of credit cards with perks, Ford Motor Co. has extended the concept to a home equity loan.

104.   Rising debt, particularly mortgage debt and home equity loans, also took back from wealth what rising home prices had conferred.

105.   Rates on home equity loans fell in the past week.

106.   Rates on home equity loans rose in the past week.

107.   Sales of bonds backed by home equity loans have soared as investors snap up the bonds this year at higher and higher prices.

108.   Sales of bonds backed by home equity loans are booming as bond investors pay higher and higher prices.

109.   Secured loans such as car and home equity loans, will be combined into Banc One.

110.   Several analysts expressed particular concern about the rising delinquency rates, as consumers also fell further behind on mortgages, home equity loans and auto loans.