OUR VIEW: Relief in mortgage foreclosure crisis

Story date: 2007-10-20 09:51:00
Added on: 2007-10-21 02:00:20

South Coast Today - The state will tighten up the rules under which predatory mortgage lenders do their business by enticing people to borrow far more than they can afford by luring borrowers in at low, low rates that skyrocket a few years later. Besides making certain ...


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