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Primary Mortgage Market

California Association of Realtors

Updated 10-31-2026

Primary Mortgage Market

Lenders, such as savings-and-loan associations, commercial banks and mortgage companies, who make mortgage loans directly to borrowers. These lenders sometimes sell their mortgages to the secondary mortgage markets.

California Association of Realtors Glossary

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