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For Every Eight Applicants Who Seek a Mortgage, One is Rejected
Washington Post, Dec. 14, 2016–Harney, Kenneth R.
A recently completed Federal Reserve study covering millions of mortgage applications found that flunking the debt-to-income test is the No. 1 reason that loan applicants get rejected.