The O.C. Mortgage Bust

Story date: 2007-10-12 06:33:00
Added on: 2007-10-12 19:00:22

Washington Post - They are tied to mortgage companies that made loans to subprime borrowers -- people with spotty credit-- using money from Wall Street . During the boom years, these companies prospered by hiring salespeople to aggressively push their loans to ...


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