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‘People in the U.S. need to wake up’: As a mortgage loan officer, I rejected wealthy couples due to overspending. We’re all heading for trouble.

‘People in the U.S. need to wake up’: As a mortgage loan officer, I rejected wealthy couples due to overspending. We’re all heading for trouble.
MarketWatch Monday 05 October 2026, 11:40 UTC By Quentin Fottrell 1 min read
Key Points

“We’d better get real quick or we’re going to have a financial crisis that makes the Great Recession of 2008 look like a picnic.”

“We’d better get real quick or we’re going to have a financial crisis that makes the Great Recession of 2008 look like a picnic.”
U.S. (LOCATION) the Great Recession (EVENT)
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