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  • InLibrisLibertas
    Location : Mill Valley, California, United States

    I'm an independent investor. I make my living from the returns on my investments. I work at home, in the northern part of the San Francisco Bay area. I spent most of my career as an executive in high-tech, although I also spent time in banking. Down to one kid in university now!

Liar’s Loans

July 24th, 2006 by reality

National Mortgage News says that, according to a new report by the Mortgage Asset Research Institute, “stated-income loans” deserve their nickname of the “liar’s loan.” MARI says that almost 60% of the stated-income amounts are exaggerated by more than 50%. See the Monday edition of NMN for the story by Brian Collins.

MARI is an industry association with the mission of combating mortgage fraud.

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