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Mortgage Industry Urged to Establish New Gauge for Flood Risk
October 24, 2019
Brandon Ivey
If the mortgage industry doesn’t change the way flood risk is assessed, lenders could begin to “blue-line” certain areas, refusing to lend due to unacceptable flood risk, according to a paper published by the San Francisco Fed.
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