Posts Tagged ‘H.R. 4173’

ABA and More Than a Dozen State Bars Ask Congress for Lawyer Exemption on Loan Modification Rule

ABA and More Than a Dozen State Bars Ask Congress for Lawyer Exemption on Loan Modification Rule

"A growing list of more than a dozen state bars and the ABA have asked for changes in congressional legislation aimed at protecting consumers from financial fraud because it contains language so broad that the everyday work of lawyers in... (Continue reading)

BREAKING NEWS: Amendment Allowing Judges to Modify Mortgages to be Included in H.R. 4173 – Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

BREAKING NEWS: Amendment Allowing Judges to Modify Mortgages to be Included in H.R. 4173 - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

We need judges to be able to write down mortgages on primary residences because the banks aren't doing it voluntarily, the administration's Making Home Affordable plan isn't working, and the result continues to be millions of foreclosures that are destroying... (Continue reading)