Attorney General Terry Goddard announced a multi-state settlement with Countrywide Financial Corp. Monday, relating to the company’s alleged use of deceptive practices in their mortgage lending business.
According to the settlement, Bank of America, which acquired Countrywide Financial on July 1, 2008, agreed to develop a loan modification program for up to 397,000 borrowers nationwide. The [...]

Faced with record-high foreclosure rates, the Bush administration has been scrambling to keep people from losing their homes, but many are beyond help, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said today.
“There is little public policy-makers can, or should, do to compensate for untenable financial decisions,” Paulson told a forum on mortgage lending to low and medium-income [...]