HELOC borrowers going under

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Many of those who used HELOCs to finance small businesses are upside-down or have taken extreme measures to stay solvent. The president of the California Assn. of Mortgage Brokers, for instance, sold his house and moved to a smaller place to stay afloat. Here’s the Times story.

--Peter Y. Hong