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Mountain of Mortgage Paperwork Bogs Down Borrowers
Washington Post Writers Group, Mar. 1, 2017–Kenneth R. Harney
David Stevens, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, said the biggest problem with the system today is that some of the regulations for lenders amount to an overcorrection and are far too inflexible, especially for highly qualified applicants with large down payments and stellar credit scores.