21.   After all, the very idea of amortizing, say, a mortgage loan, involves paying the principal of the debt over time along with interest.

22.   Albank provided brokers with explicit written instructions that they were not to offer Albank mortgage loans in certain areas with substantial minority populations, prosecutors said.

23.   Ahmanson had chosen to look like a traditional savings and loan, sticking to savings accounts and mortgage loans.

24.   Building societies, which are similar to savings and loans in the US, offer retail financial services and are owned by members with savings accounts or mortgage loans.

25.   But Smith insists that low-income people, once ensconced in a home, tend not to walk away from mortgage loans.

26.   But why would someone call an insurance agent for a mortgage loan?

27.   CEF is saddled with many shaky mortgage loans, Gomez-Lopez said.

28.   Chaney said Ahmanson was also likely to continue its strategy of diversifying from its core business of making mortgage loans with money raised from certificates of deposit.

29.   Clement weather, low mortgage rates, and the advent of the summer housing season have led more consumers to apply for mortgage loans in the past few months.

30.   Depending on their markets, banks also have enjoyed growth in credit-card merchant fees, loans to small businesses and mortgage loans.