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Short sales of homes on rise

Owners, lenders agree on recourse

Denise and Jeffery Finch talked to a security consultant in their home in Charlotte, N.C., after their short sale in Boston. Denise and Jeffery Finch talked to a security consultant in their home in Charlotte, N.C., after their short sale in Boston. (DAVIS TURNER/GETTY IMAGES)
By Kimberly Blanton
Globe Staff / August 24, 2007

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Jeffrey Finch spelled out the problem in a hand-written letter: He'd lost his job as a minister, and his wife's take-home pay as a teacher, $3,100 a month, did not cover their $3,300 mortgage payments. (Full article: 1055 words)

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