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States Act Aggressively to Fight Foreclosures

Unwilling to wait for the federal wrangling, states make bold moves

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 4, 2008 11:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – State lawmakers aren’t sitting around waiting for Washington to solve the mortgage crisis, the Wall Street Journal reports. Instead, many are taking aggressive steps to ease borrower pain, sometimes running afoul of lenders in the process. Illinois, Maryland, and Minnesota all have bills in...   Read full story »

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