Of particular interest to me are cases where a lender or broker claimed a specific exemption from usury limitations, or cases where testimony from a «usury expert witness» or
other type of mortgage lending expert witness was considered.
Not exact matches
While strict
mortgage -
lending laws were in place before he took office and they came at a cost — less home ownership and slower economic growth — the state's conservative rules, as WSJ notes, «largely prevented the state's residents from signing the
types of dubious home loans written in
other markets across the country.»
The
type of mortgage you get also plays a factor, with some lenders limiting how much they'll want to
lend to 80 % or less
of the home's value, while
other special programs allow you to borrow between 95 % and 100 %
of the value
of the home if you qualify.
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In addition, home loan performance remains higher than for
other types of consumer
lending, and well above
mortgage performance throughout the 1980s and 1990s.