The improving job market and economy is helping push mortgage delinquencies and foreclosure starts down, but the percentage of loans in the foreclosure process remains stubbornly high, especially in states most affected by robo-signing issues, according to a quarterly survey of lenders by the Mortgage Bankers Association. Since peaking at 10.1 percent in March 2010, …
Eleven mortgage servicers recently received letters from two senators inquiring about their policies regarding foreclosures in bankruptcy courts. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), a member of the committee, sent the letters after a review by the Executive Office for the United States Trustee “revealed that …
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