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blinc
November 24th, 2008, 04:55 AM
Foreclosures, delinquencies skyrocketing among 'prime' borrowers (Los Angeles Times)

Nationwide, 3.07% of prime mortgages were in foreclosure or at least 60 days late in the second quarter of this year, easily topping the previous record of 1.97% set in 1985. By this year, the bleeding housing market had drained the equity from Judy Jones' home in Murrieta, but her life still seemed secure. She had a government job, after all, and a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 5.875%, ...

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