Since the recession of 2008, fewer borrowers who have low credit scores are applying for mortgages. Mortgage denial rates are down, but that appears to be because potential low-credit applicants have given up trying to qualify. Lower-credit mortgage applicants accounted for 33% of the market in 2015 compared to 49% in 2006.
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