Housing Crisis Hits Home

Story date: 2007-10-27 08:52:00
Added on: 2007-10-28 03:00:23

Connecticut Post - Subprime and predatory loans first appeared in the 1990s as a high cost, high interest way to refinance a loan. The packages ... Although they now face losing their home, Shays said those buyers "never really owned a home in the first place. I'm ...


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