Cathleen Allison/Nevada AppealKesa Pascal looks through mortgage files at Trans-Western Investments on Wednesday afternoon. Pascal says mortgage companies have seen a significant decline in business this year due to a number of factors, including tightened guidelines from lenders, real estate market slowdown and Wall Street's reluctancy to buy mortgages.

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Capitalizing on foreclosure

• By ncs-import
• August 15, 2007