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Posted: August 7, 2008
Mass. Mortgage Lending Industry Summit to be held on September 5th
Leadership throughout the Mass. banking, mortgage banking and mortgage brokering community have met throughout the summer in order to discuss and formulate strategies to address the rising foreclosure and delinquency rates, funding issues, capital accessibility, educational needs and strategic alliances in this ever changing marketplace.
The end result of these dialogues is the presentation of a Mass. Mortgage Bankers and Mass. Bankers Associations' jointly sponsored program entitled the Mass. Mortgage Lending Industry Summit to be held on Friday, September 5th, from 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Sheraton in Framingham.
For more information visit www.massbankers.org.
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