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Is a 31 Percent Failure Rate Acceptable?

Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 1:25pm. 874 Views, 0 Comments.

“Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.”
Larry McMurtry

Did you see the news?  Yesterday’s New York Times carried an article detailing the results of recent federal mandated licensing exams for loan officers around the country.  The results thus far are anything but encouraging.  According the Times article,  ”31 percent of the roughly 10,000 people who took the national test from July 30 to Nov 30 failed it, and about 27 percent did not pass the state-specific component.” 

While there are those (you can trust that the dissenters aren’t those depending on the expertise of their lender) who question the industry’s testing, many others appreciate the attempt at accountability.  Is it odd to expect those who provide you a…

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