Articles about Mortgage Reform (0-50 of 172)

  • Home Builders Association Responds To Kansas Tax Reform Proposed By Governor, Lawmakers
    By: Home builder Association | - A national discussion about the mortgage interest deduction has found its way to Kansas. While lawmakers will consider many issues this session school finance reform, redistricting, the state employee retirement system none have garnered as much attention as tax reform.

    Kansas Governor Sam Brownback proposed a change in state tax policy during his State of the State last week that lowers income tax rates. To do so includes eliminating most credits and deductions, includi ...

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  • Australians 'owe More Than Americans
    By: steff5wtda | - As mortgage stress takes hold, relationships become strained with a large percentage of them ultimately breaking down. Needless to say this has a flow on effect.

    Figures released by the Reserve Bank of Australia reveal that the average adult is some $74,000 in debt - a nationwide total of $1.2 trillion.

    Such a figure places the country's indebtedness as outranking that of the United States.

    Commenting on the Australian banking research, Fiona Guthrie, execu ...

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  • Australians 'owe More Than Americans
    By: steff5wtda | - As mortgage stress takes hold, relationships become strained with a large percentage of them ultimately breaking down. Needless to say this has a flow on effect.

    Figures released by the Reserve Bank of Australia reveal that the average adult is some $74,000 in debt - a nationwide total of $1.2 trillion.

    Such a figure places the country's indebtedness as outranking that of the United States.

    Commenting on the Australian banking research, Fiona Guthrie, execu ...

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  • Purchasing Your Dream Home Is Made Easy By bc Mortgage Brokers
    By: John Marcova | - BC Mortgage Brokers works on your behalf to look for a number of good deals on real estate projects to select from. They offer you with the best deals available in the market. Many people don't prefer seeking the help of a mortgage broker while selecting a loan. The broker has many links to the lenders in the market. Mortgage brokers work on the basis of commission. They don't charge anything from the borrowers or their clients as they are commissioned by the lenders or banks. They are professio ...
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  • Cfpb: What It Means To You
    By: David Reinholtz | - In the wake of the ongoing real estate recession, the federal government has introduced a variety of measures designed to protect consumers and weed out unprofessional or predatory mortgage loan originators. One of these actions has been the creation of a new federal agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

    The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act) established the CFPB, which was launched in July 2011. Heres the mission ...

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  • Financial Reform: The Table Is Set
    By: IshanGoradiya | - Next month, President Obama will likely sign a bill into law ordering changes in the ways banks, credit card issuers and mortgage lenders interface with consumers. Here are the key features of the financial reform agreement that the Senate and House of Representatives came to on June 24, with a vote pending.
    #1: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. This new consumer agency answering to the Federal Reserve would supervise mortgages, credit cards, student loans and the banks, credit ...

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  • Starting Your Own Net Mortgage Branch
    By: Julie Haber | - Deciding to start your own net mortgage branch is not something you do on a whim. Navigating the many laws and regulations of the mortgage industry is no easy task for newcomers, and the state of the economy in recent years has only made the industry more complex. Sweeping industry changes and the RESPA reform have left mortgage company owners under extreme scrutiny and pressure to dot every I and cross every T, with no mistakes. So its advisable that you have several years of experience in ...
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  • Loan Modifications: Is This What I
    By: Ailaen Daniela | - You don"t requirement to procure anyone to help you bargain with your bank for a loan modification. You don"t want an attorney, you don"t want a mortgage expert, and you don"t want a fraud examiner. All of those people, the lawyers, the mortgage experts, the fraud examiners" they"re all scammers because they CHARGE for their services. And everyone knows that loan modifications are FREE. like water in a branch, or the air that we breathe. Banks, on the addition ...
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  • Report Your Securitized Loan To The Irs
    By: Matt Brockman | - As more time passes by, we are finding out all of the dirty little secrets that Wall Street, and the Banks kept from us, in order to make trillions of dollars in the mortgage backed securities industry, at the expense of the unsuspecting American Homeowners, and the world economy.

    The latest scandal to be exposed is that when Wall Street and the Banks securitized your loan, it was illegal pursuant to the Securities Act Of 1933.

    There are many elements to the illegal ...

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  • Financial Reform: The Table Is Set
    By: Jerry Rodgers | - Next month, President Obama will likely sign a bill into law ordering changes in the ways banks, credit card issuers and mortgage lenders interface with consumers. Here are the key features of the financial reform agreement that the Senate and House of Representatives came to on June 24, with a vote pending.
    #1: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. This new consumer agency answering to the Federal Reserve would supervise mortgages, credit cards, student loans and the banks, credit ...

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  • How To Get A Beneficial Mortgage Modification Now
    By: pompapah | - My name is Chris Dix, and I helped three really proficient attorney firms complete mortgage modification applications since this goofy mortgage crisis started a few years ago. That all changed last June, 2010. The mortgage servicers learned that they could avoid good faith negotiations with both attorneys and homeowners alike. We know that individual homeowners have been victims of the mortgage servicers lack of good faith for years. Attorneys suffered the same fate last summer.

    Now ...

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  • Ofgem Lays Down The Law To Energy Firms Over Confusing Price Tariffs
    By: Howard Ogollegos | - UK energy companies have been given a tough ultimatum by the country's energy regulator. OFGEM has stepped in to tackle the increasing problem of complicated electricity and gas tariffs and customers facing some of the highest energy bills in Europe.

    Launching a vicious broadside against the 'Big Six' energy suppliers, OFGEM accuses them of 'bamboozling' consumers with overly complex tariffs in up to three hundred combinations of tariff rates. The confusion that rises from this com ...

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  • Remortgage Protection Is Essential, Make Sure You're Not Missold A Mortgage
    By: Timothy Frodsham | - The Financial Services Authority (FSA) who are responsible for regulating all of financial services including mortgages has fined one of the well known lenders after discovery of their mis-selling.

    DB Mortgages, a unit of Deutsche Bank was fined nearly £1 million at the end of February for irresponsible lending practices and unfair treatment of customers in arrears. The government penalised DB Mortgages and forced DB to repay over £1 million in unfair fines and charges. ...

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  • Shot Fired Across The Bows Of Lenders Who Mis Sell Mortgages
    By: Howard Ogollegos | - Decisive action has been taken by the FSA, a government watchdog responsible for regulating the mortgage market against mis selling and ensuring that borrowers are compensated if they are mis sold products.

    Over GBP1million in fines have been handed out to DB mortgages (part of the Deutsche Bank group) for unfair treatment of borrowers in arrears and irresponsible lending practices. The German bank was also forced to repay GBP1.5 million in charges and fees which the Government dee ...

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  • This Is The Golden Age Of Mortgage Overpayments, Are You Taking The Advantage?
    By: Howard Ogollegos | - The UK recovery is slowly beginning to start and pick up steam, however do not expect a smooth and easy climb, there will be multiple setbacks before we finally get there.

    To get back to the good old days of economic boom, we as a society must keep our finances and budgets on the straight and narrow. We do not want to fall into the same trap that began the credit crunch and go wild racking up debt left, right and centre.

    Such periods of wholesale personal finance reform ...

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  • Helping Your Child Build A Credit Score
    By: Jim Brown | - A negative side effect of the new credit card reform bill is that people under the age of 21 will be unable to get a credit card without proof of income or a parent or guardian to co-sign. While most of this is good news for parents and responsible credit advocates, the bad part is that it will be harder for your children to build their credit.

    While this prevents big banks from targeting a group of people who might not be as responsible or informed as they should be, it will be har ...

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  • How Wall Street Reform Will Affect Mortgages
    By: David Reinholtz | - Im going to tell you something. Its important and can perhaps one day save you a world of trouble down the road. Now, dont be upset, dont get angry, and dont read into it too much, okay? Here it is: dont get a mortgage you cant afford.

    I know what your initial reaction to that statement will be. At least if youre like most common-sense-thinking people. Youre sitting there thinking, Duh, right? Dont get a mortgage you cant afford. Who would thin ...

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  • Pending Home Sales Plummet
    By: David Reinholtz | - It was expected: home sales would drop following the April end of the Homebuyer Tax Credit program. What wasnt expected, and what has the industry reeling, is the depth of the drop-off. Pending home sales meaning home sales that are under contract but are not yet closed- fell off 30% in May from its April mark. This drop, to put it in perspective, is the largest single month drop ever recorded, and to make it even more significant, was a 15.9% decrease for the same month a year earlier. ...
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  • Mortgage Analytics News And Views: Financial Reform Is Official; Groups Call For Government Involvem
    By: Mortgage Analytics | - After months of fine tuning and Capitol Hill bickering, financial reform is finally official. President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law Wednesday, kicking the surrounding media frenzy into an even higher gear.

    Last week we shared some folks' speculation as to how the then-pending bill might affect the mortgage analytics industry. With those prognoses now a bit more real, these week we've been paying attention to some more specific ...

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  • Mortgage Analytics News And Views
    By: Mortgage Analytics | - Finance forecasts and projections abound with financial reform now right around the corner. It's all white noise, of course, until the chips begin to fall. But one thing is for sure: it's bound to shake up the way we all approach mortgage analytics. And this industry has certainly seen its share of changes in the last couple years. But while we're not putting too much stock in all the prognoses circulating the web, we do think it's important to stay tuned in. Here are a couple we've been paying ...
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  • Federal Reserve Bank President Urges Regulatory Reform Legislation
    By: David Reinholtz | - James Bullard, the Federal Reserve Bank president noted that the Obama administration's proposed legislation to overall the United States' financial rules doesn't do enough to revamp a system that helped drive the recent housing crisis and urged Washington not to miss an opportunity to pass effective and lasting legislation.

    Last June, the Obama Administration released an 88-page proposal that intends to rewrite the finance rules but one major ingredient that was missing from this p ...

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  • Ignorance Management And Health Care Reform
    By: Paul Johnson | - I'm betting you have an opinion about the U.S. health care reform legislation. It's one of those big issues that can polarize the nation. I'm curious how you came by your opinion, how you decided which side to take. And I'm betting you decided wrong.

    I challenge you to think about how you think. Your thinking leads you to decisions throughout your life. Some decisions are small, and some are large, like where you live, where you work, and who you marry. How you come to these larg ...

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  • The Obama Mortgage Plan 2010
    By: Obama Mortgage Plan | - What Obama Mortgage Plan 2010 Needs To Target?

    President Obama inherited these issues when he assumed his responsibilities, and his desire to provide a suitable and effective solution to the mortgage related issues, and to improve upon the American economy resulted into a new mortgage plan - the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan or the HASP plan, and the Obama's Loan Modification Plan. These plans initially looked good on paper, and Americans had a lot of hope and many expecta ...

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  • Continental Finance Master Card- Important Hints About Continental Finance Master Card
    By: D Kulkarni | - Are you looking for information linked to continental finance master card or additional information anyhow connected to dictionary of financial terms, or finance software? If yes, this piece of writing will give you helpful indication related to continental finance master card and constant somehow interconnected to mortgage and how to finance a car that you may not have been alert of it.

    Finance company focusing on the lending of cash to consumers, the buying of accounts receivable ...

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  • What To Know About The Respa Reform
    By: Brian Talley | - In the past year, the mortgage industry has implemented changes that will help provide customers with the essential information to understand their home purchases and refinancing options. Some of those changes have included the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) changes in May 2009 and the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) requirements that came into effect July 30, 2009. The newest addition to those changes is the RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act) Reform, which became mand ...
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  • Car Finance- Important Guidelines About Car Finance
    By: D Kulkarni | - As you search for car finance related information or other information about financial services or finance adviser, take your time to view the below article. It will provide you with a really refreshing insight into the car finance information that you need. After going through it you will also be better informed about information in some way related to car finance, such as department or even house finance.

    You ought to have a personal monetary planner and someone that can take away ...

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  • The National Real Estate Investors Association To Work Aggressively Against Mortgage Reform And Anti
    By: Rebecca McLean | - National REIA's mission is to develop, support and promote local real estate investor clubs while serving the interests of the real estate investment industry through networking, education, leadership on legislative issues, and promoting professionalism and standards of excellence in our industry.

    A perfect example of the how the National REIA can play a role in protecting the industrys interests was the monitoring and direct input their legislative delegation had this past summe ...

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  • Economic And Housing Market Predictions For Springfield Illinois 2010
    By: Fritz Pfister | - The ability to make reasonably accurate predictions regarding the economy and the housing market can come from several sources. The government, academia, or people actually working in the private sector. The latter is where this set of predictions emanates.

    Springfield, Illinois enjoys the second lowest unemployment rate in the state at 8.2%. Second only to Bloomington, home to State Farm Insurance, and thousands of jobs. Springfield is the Capital and home to thousands of governm ...

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  • Financial Regulation: What Went Wrong?
    By: Ki Gray | - In 1803, Lazare Carnot began the the study of entropy in thermodynamics, suggesting that natural processes become disorganized over time, leading to waste and inefficiency. So too, in economics does this now taken-for-granted law seem to be in clear effect: recession's end has thus far led to little change in the regulatory structure of the Fed and other responsible bodies. The notable exception is the bill now before the House which aims to severely curtail the role of the Fed. Opinions on the ...
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  • The Facts Behind Real Estate Investment Trusts
    By: Robert Shumake | - One type of investment that is getting talked about more and more these days, but may have a misunderstood history is real estate investment trusts, which are also known as REITs.
    REITs are investments that have a number of real estate interests inside of them. In some ways these are like real estate mutual funds where you purchase shares, which instead of being one share of one item are really a purchase into a number of interests. But there are some differences.
    Normal real estat ...

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  • Proposed Health Care Reform Will Deepen Recession
    By: Fritz Pfister | - As we pass the mid point of July in the Springfield Illinois housing market there continues to be mixed signals. So far in July closed home sales down slightly, sales pending up. The median sale price is up, the average sale price is down. Year to date closed home sales down, sales pending dead even with last year. The median sale price is up, the average sale price is down.

    The number of homes for sale is down significantly, the fewest since 2005. The number of closed home sales ...

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  • Obama Unveils Broad Financial Oversight Plan
    By: ratetake | - New plan targeted at preventing a repeat of the worst economical crisis in seven decades, the changes would start out to cut back on federal regulations.

    But it calls for fundamental shifts in authority that would eliminate one regulatory agency, develop another and both heighten and undercut the authority of the powerful Federal Reserve. Obamas plan from simple home loans to wall streets most exotic systems, the government would impose sweeping new rules of the r ...

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  • Stop Making Your Mortgage Payments
    By: Leonard C Tekaat | - To end the recession quickly there are four objectives that must be met.

    1.More money must be created in the private sector to increase demand.

    2.A majority of people in the economy must receive this money.

    3.People's monthly outlays must not increase.

    4.The Federal Government's deficit must not increase. It must be reduced.

    Increasing taxes or decreasing taxes does not meet these objectives. Increasing taxes incre ...

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  • Economics Corrected - Are You Tired Of Gloom, Boom And Doom Economics?
    By: Leonard C Tekaat | - Committee Petitions U.S. Congress

    The Committee for Economic Reform and a Better Economic Future petitioned the U.S. Congress today to hold open meetings to discuss and debate their Alternative Economic Stimulus Plan.

    The economic stimulus plan does not rely on government bailouts and trillions of dollars of government deficit spending. The stimulus plan they are proposing will not cost the American people anything over time.

    As explained to me, there ...

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  • Spring Ahead With The 2009 Mortgage Reform Bill
    By: Leslie Eskildsen | - Finally, a reform bill that puts the responsibility where it belongs - back in the lap of the lender. By toughening some of the old rules, and adding rules that should have been there in the first place, this bill makes the lender more accountable when it comes to negotiating a mortage.

    The ominous sounding "Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2009" introduced by the House Services Committee is moving ahead after a successful 45-19 vote. It still needs be cleared by ...

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  • What Is In The Pipeline For Reform Of Health Care?
    By: Anthony Zadordov | - The new Administration is taking over facing an unprecedented economic crisis. The country is already deep in debt and proposes to spend billions more to help prevent a long-lasting recession. Looking overseas, the war in Iraq still has eighteen months to run and there is no end to the war in Afghanistan in sight. So some would argue this is not a good time to start proposing major changes to the health care system. The last time this was tried under the Clinton Administration, the economy was d ...
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  • The Benefits Of Getting A Fixed Rate Mortgage Instead Of An Adjustable Rate Mortgage
    By: Nathan Navachi | - One of the biggest decisions that you will encounter when it comes to getting a mortgage for your new home is whether to get a fixed interest rate or an adjustable interest rate. While both of these different models have their benefits and pitfalls, it really depends on the current economic climate as to which type of loan you should get.

    Back in the late 1980's and early 1990's, interest rates were as high as 18% which brought the mortgage industry and new buyers to a near stands ...

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  • The President's $10,000,000,000,000 Economic Stimulus Package
    By: Steve Selengut | - For homeowners: Cut the interest rate on all mortgage loans by 50 basis points and extend the payment schedule by three to five years. Convert all variable rate loans to fixed, at prevailing rates, and extend the payment schedule by six to ten years. No fees, points or charges tolerated.

    More for homeowners: Provide a pre-paid $5,000 debit card to all free and clear homeowners. The cards are worth double for Ford or GM car purchases, and expire valueless if not used for retail pu ...

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  • About Reits: Real Estate Investment Trusts
    By: Robert Shumake | - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) were created in the 60s so that all investors would have access to income-producing real estate through the purchase and sale of liquid securities. Before REITs were created access to investment returns of commercial real estate equity was only available to institutions and wealthy individuals.
    For over half a century, REITs have become an important part of the United States economy and investment markets. United States REITs have grown from ninety ...

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  • All About Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Known As Cmos.
    By: Marcel Ford | - Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) sometimes referred to as Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs), are one of few innovative investment methods available in today's investment world. CMOs offer relative safety, regular payments and notable yield advantages over other better known fixed-income securities of comparable credit quality.

    A wide variety of CMO securities with different cash flow and expected maturity characteristics have been designed to meet specif ...

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  • Fha Mortgages For Home Buyers With Credit Problems
    By: Carl Pruitt | - If you have been contemplating buying a home, but you have experienced credit problems, recent changes in the guidelines for FHA loans may provide the answer to your problems. FHA is not actually a new program, but the guidelines have been revised so much in the last couple of years that the real estate agent or seller you are trying to work with will probably not recognize the program anymore.

    "FHA" stands for Federal Housing Administration. FHA is a division of the Department o ...

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  • Advice On Mortgage In Dallas
    By: Jonathon Blocker | - Heres some news, in case you havent heard: the Federal Reserve has dropped rates to their lowest levels in years. Theres never been a better time for Dallas homeowners to pull equity out of their homes, lower their monthly payments and get rid of that unsecured debt.

    Heres why: credit card companies are out to enslave you. Unless youre one of the lucky people who have a credit union credit card, chances are that theyll keep raising your interest rates regardless ...

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  • Overseas Mortgage Advisors
    By: Kirthy Shetty | - Before, you consider buying a mortgage, you need to have a number of things in place: a willing seller (vendor), a willing buyer (purchaser), an agreed price and a set of two solicitors representing each of the party involved in the sale. Assuming all those are in place, how long should things take? The conveyancing which is the legal term for a property transaction, should take between 6-8 weeks. The reality is that with so many forms and bits of paper involved; delays almost become an inevitab ...
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  • Lessening The Credit Crunch For Consumers
    By: Brett Nordin | - With trillions of dollars in Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) beginning to adjust, most American consumers are aware of the personal hardship and economic difficulty ahead. Many outcries for government support has fallen on deaf ears. What the media won't tell consmers is the good news. The U.S. government has taken notice and stepped in to help. Below is a summary of current actions U.S. legislative bodies are taking to mitigate the mortgage crisis.

    1) Interest Rate Cuts - Op ...

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  • Fha Reform And Finding The Fha Appraiser
    By: harrydavis | - The high number of foreclosures, the demise of several large subprime lenders, the clampdown on lending to people with less than perfect credit, the fight against predatory lending practices and fraud, and the vast numbers of Adjustable Rate mortgages (ARMs) that have become unaffordable has created a situation where many fewer people qualify to purchase a home or to refinance an existing loan. There is a growing pent up demand for affordable mortgages especially among first time buyers and home ...
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