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The Mortgage Market Is About To Get Smaller

Michele Free - Tuesday, March 4, 2014

from PropertyManager.com | by Marc Courtenay | February 27, 2014


As 2014 begins a bureau created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), will set new rules concerning mortgages. Lenders will be required to verify and inspect borrowers’ financial records. The rules discourage lenders from allowing borrowers to carry total debt payments totaling more than 43 percent of the person’s annual income.

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