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Citation Details
Title: Delinquent borrowers more apt to litigate than mitigate.(Briefing Book)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Mortgage Banking (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2009
Publisher: Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Volume: 69 Issue: 7 Page: 14(2)

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