But KeyCorp, like many other mortgage lenders, is facing sharply declining financial results from residential mortgage lending.

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According to the ADP report, the two sectors of the economy hit the hardest by the problems in the mortgage markets have, unsurprisingly, been residential construction and financial activities related to home sales and mortgage lending.

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