Fighting Foreclosures
In the middle of the mortgage mess, Baltimore -- a city whose foreclosure filings jumped 25 percent last year -- has decided to fight back. Mayor Sheila Dixon took the bold move of suing the city's biggest lender, Wells Fargo, saying that predatory lending practices had led to the boarding up of many homes. Wells Fargo says it is not to blame and is unfairly being singled out. Some residents are fed up and taking the matter of saving their homes into their own hands.
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Foreclosures grind on as lenders fail to modify loans
The Obama administration's $75 billion program to reduce foreclosures has been beset by backlogs and delays, leading many overstretched homeowners to complain about unreturned phone calls and inaccurate information from lenders, while others say they were denied help for reasons that weren't clear. Ref. Source 2