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A Mortgage Alternative for Lower-Priced Homes Comes With Risks
With traditional mortgages for lower-priced homes hard to get, some home buyers are turning to riskier alternatives, like seller-financed loans known as “land contracts” that don’t involve a bank. About 1.4 million Americans have active land contracts, a …