Servicer Safe Harbor

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Why Should Servicers Get A Safe Harbor? How One Investor’s Lawsuit Forced Bank of America to Seek Shelter in Washington

In May, President Obama signed into law the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, a bill aimed at keeping troubled borrowers in their homes. But the bill carried with it powerful protections for influential mortgage lenders -companies whose irresponsible lending helped fuel the subprime mortgage meltdown.