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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Mortgage Disclosure Simplification Act of 2007 - Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to instruct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to develop and prescribe standard written forms stating the essential terms of a federally related mortgage loan, which lenders or mortgage brokers shall provide to prospective mortgagors.</p> <p>Requires such disclosures to include: (1) a statement of terms regarding a federally related mortgage loan; and (2) a statement of basic easy-to-understand definitions or explanations of such terms.</p>]]></text>
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