hornbug

(ˈhɔːnˌbʌɡ)

(Animals) a US name for the stag beetle

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Mas'r George, if ye wouldn't make a hornbug laugh!"

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"The potential remains for the percentage of delinquencies to continue rising," says Steven Hornbug, formerly executive director of the Research Institute for Housing America (RIHA), Arlington, Virginia, and now an independent housing consultant and policy expert in Arlington." "People are stressed, family incomes are stressed, there's highly leveraged loan product out there and people are on the margin."

The Delinquency story. (Cover Report: Servicing)

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