The leaning rules had been bent by leaners

You are quite sure it was "leaning rules" and "leaners" and not "lending rules" and "lenders"??

This doesn't seem like a native English speaker wrote this.

The probably meant leining rules which is the same as mortgage rules (mortgage is the correct term for this context). So a clearer way to say this would be "the lending rules had been bent by the lenders."

"many bad loans were made against the principles" is pretty clear. It means that the loans made against the borrowers principle were bad.

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JT2010The probably meant leining rules which is the same as mortgage rules

Is this a mistype? The only "Leining" I can trace is to do with the Torah

JT2010The probably meant leining rules which is the same as mortgage rules (mortgage is the correct term for this context). So a clearer way to say this would be "the lending rules had been bent by the lenders."

"many bad loans were made against the principles" is pretty clear. It means that the loans made against the borrowers principle were bad.

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We will need to hear from Goodman. I think he may have simply mistyped the word.

Feebs11

JT2010The probably meant leining rules which is the same as mortgage rules

Is this a mistype? The only "Leining" I can trace is to do with the Torah

I assume the word (or idea) 'lien' was intended instead of 'leaning' and/or 'leining'.

Angliholic
In the past few years, the leaning rules had been bent by leaners to promote more sells. As a result, many bad loans were made against the principles. That's how the US real estate market cames crashing down, because of the non-qualified loans. I could do another thread about this but the welcome mat may get pulled out from under me