Friday, June 15, 2007

One-page mortgage form pitched as simplicity tool

(Reuters) - A former banker turned scholar says such a document is
vital for homebuyers who too often cross their fingers and hope
for the best as they sign novella-length contracts at closing.




"At a certain point, adding more and more detail means
there is less and less information communicated," Alex Pollock,
the father of the one-page disclosure idea told a panel Friday
discussing mortgage disclosure. "If you keep adding detail,
eventually the information you communicate becomes zero."


Read more at Reuters.com Government Filings News

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