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Buried in Bias

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date December 12, 2025
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The Center for Responsible Lending’s “Buried in Debt” report fails as policy analysis.

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The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Reply Is the Real Joke

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date October 25, 2025
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Mortgage Bankers Association

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s slow, self-serving defense of the 30-year mortgage proves that lifetime debt, not homeownership, is the product they’re really selling.