Source: American Land Title Association January 18, 2018 To read the full article from alta.org, please click here Two years after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a survey that showed only half of all homebuyers shopped for their mortgage, Fannie Mae shared results of a study that concluded there’s a need for greater awareness of…
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