Foreclosures on the rise


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  • Saturday, 15 Jun 2019

Loan factor: Banks approve loan applications based on S&P headline prices and not on actual house prices.

BANKS with large exposure to housing loans may have a problem as a result of the way properties were priced, marketed and sold the last several years, industry sources say.

This is particularly so if borrowers default on their housing loans.

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