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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
By Deann Keith
 The number of people that can buy a home without taking mortgage is extremely low. With the latest credit crunch and the mortgage crisis taking mortgage seems to be a risky business but it does not have to be that way.
Taking mortgage is a common practice in all over the world. While in the United States and some other countries the mortgage market collapsed in the latest crisis in other places of the world mortgages are stable and have not been influenced by the crisis. The reasons are actually pretty simple and have to do with responsibility of both the mortgage lenders and the borrowers.
Mortgage is a long term debt that most consumers need in order to eventually own a house. There is nothing wrong in the idea of getting a debt to buy a home as long as it is done in a reasonable and responsible way that guarantees that the borrower can pay the loan off over its term and that if unexpected problems occur such as job loss or housing market price drops the borrower can continue |
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