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On the recordNovember 15, 2010
And that would not be because the number of folks falling into foreclosure action is declining, so to what do you attribute that?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley questions the reasons behind declining mortgage put-back requests despite ongoing foreclosures.

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