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Credit Characteristics Still Strongest for Retail Loans
May 17, 2019
John Bancroft
A bird's-eye view suggests retail originations had higher credit scores and lower DTI ratios than loans produced by correspondents and brokers. But third-party originators generated lower-risk loans at the agency level.
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