Mortgage Lending Pessimism Index at Five Year High - 2004-03-22
Mortech, the biggest independent research project on mortgage technology, showed to its sponsors the results of this year's study at the MBA Technology Conference.

A key finding is that large mortgage lenders are growing increasingly pessimistic about their business and expect serious declines in mortgage loan volume and company profits.
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Mortgage Lenders Ask Home Buyers To Waive Financial Privacy Rights - 2004-03-22
Mortgage lenders are asking increasing numbers of home buyers and refinancers to waive their financial privacy rights at settlement.

They are demanding that consumers leave undated a key IRS tax document -- Form 4506 -- and are thereby opening home buyers' tax returns to prying eyes for months or years in the future.
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