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Mortgage Growth Has Stalled And Homeowners Are To Blame
Wall Street Journal, Feb. 23, 2016–Carney, John
Why isn’t mortgage debt growing? Some blame banks for holding lending standards too tight. Banks often blame regulators. But it may be homeowners’ fault; they’re paying down their mortgages far more than in the past.