Home Buyers Can Learn From Others' Mortgage Mistakes (HispanicBusiness.com)

Story date: 2007-10-29 07:57:03
Added on: 2007-10-29 09:00:20

What a real estate boom it was. How little guidance people received when taking out a mortgage. That's how I see it and I'm glad Congress is working on ways to make lenders and brokers and investors accountable for making loans that were never, ever going to be repaid.


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