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Experts Fault Bush’s Mortgage Strategy

By Keith Koffler
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 23, 2008, Midnight

President Bush during his first term aggressively sought to loosen mortgage loan qualification standards for first-time homebuyers, seeking to reduce or even eliminate down payments for those who might otherwise have trouble affording their loans.

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