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Repost I Know. But I Had To Pass It Along. 

Revamped Foreclosure Procedures Coming Soon. 

The country’s top mortgage servicers have reportedly reached an agreement on changes to their foreclosure procedures. 

The consent agreement has not yet been made public, but The New York Times was able to get a preview of what the agreement contains from individuals who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Among the proposed changes include: 

• Greater oversight of foreclosures. The oversight will happen from third party groups that include law firms, who mostly will be charged with doing the actual work of eviction, The New York Times reports.
• Improved training of foreclosure staff.
• A single point of contact for every defaulting home owner with the servicers. Mortgage servicers will no longer be able to foreclose while borrowers are pursuing loan modifications.
• Servicers will hire independent consultants to review foreclosures that have been completed in the past two years. Mortgage servicers have agreed to compensate any owner who is found to have been improperly foreclosed on or made to pay excessive fees.

Analysts say that in order for mortgage servicers to meet these revamped rules they’ll need to hire more employees so they can be thoroughly review the cases of home owners in default or servicers will need to slow the pace of foreclosures even more (The average household in foreclosure has been delinquent for more than 500 days/)