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On the recordJuly 22, 2009
But I would stress if it is solely a case of where you have a negative equity and, you know, your income stayed the same, your mortgage payment stayed the same, all it is is that the value of your house has declined, there is nothing physically stopping you from making your mortgage.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions argues that negative equity alone shouldn't discourage mortgage payments.

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