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Regulator Urges Home-Equity Lenders to Tighten Underwriting as Housing Weakens

June 6, 2008
Losses on home-equity loans are well above historical averages and are expected to continue to rise. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency recently warned that national banks need to carefully examine their home-equity lending operations. In a speech at the...
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