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occ: Mortgage lenders now more inclined to lower principal - 10/03/09 06:47 PM
The home loan industry has been steadily resisting giving homeowners any principal reduction breaks throughout this real estate inferno.The government has been all over it to do mortgage modifications at a reasonable clip in an effort to keep the foreclosure epidemic from getting out of control. The banks have been slow in helping out even with them. The ones they have channeled through have generally been rather tame, all too often leading the borrower to redefault within months.  
Mortgage loan providers, banks and investors that is, have obviously decided to change course somewhat.In a fresh report from OCC, or the … (70 comments)