1.   Concern about the housing loan companies tempered any gains in exporters, rising with the dollar.

2.   In addition they called for lower taxes, free health care, cheaper housing loans and increased spending on state-owned industries.

3.   The court ordered the dissolution of seven insolvent housing loan companies.

4.   Also highlighting the possibility of a slowdown, the Mortgage Bankers Association of American said today applications for new housing loans declined last week.

5.   And charities have sprung up in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to help Gypsies with housing loans, literacy classes and summer camps for children.

6.   As with the housing loan companies, that often means their debts pile up.

7.   At that time, foreigners were not eligible for public health insurance or pensions and could not obtain housing loans.

8.   Banks, for instance, would see revenues pick up from new housing loans.

9.   A weak economy also hurts banks by reducing demand for loans, including lucrative housing loans.

10.   Almost all other property stocks fell on the news and on concern about the increased cost of housing loans.