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Tough questions for Maryland mortgage mediation program

by Moe Bedard

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers on Thursday questioned changes to the state’s foreclosure rules that would require borrowers and lenders to meet face-to-face during the process.

Mandatory mediation is expected to be a part of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s agenda this legislative session. He and state banking regulators want to force the meetings to make sure as many [...]

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Philadelphia Knows How to Protect Homeowners

by Moe Bedard

In most American cities, that probably would have been the end of the story: another home turned into distressed bank inventory by the national foreclosure crisis. But in Philadelphia, under a program begun last year to try to keep people in their homes, Mr. Hall entered the courtroom with a reasonable chance of hanging on.

Under [...]

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