GMAC Pulls out of Massachusetts
In response to the suit by the Attorney General of Massachusetts, GMAC announced that it is terminating its home loan programs in that state. Attorney General Coakley says this constitutes an admission of non-compliance.
Massachusetts Sues Lenders Over Foreclosure Procedures.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley filed suit against five large residential mortgage lenders for abusive mortgage foreclosure practices, ending lengthy negotiations on the subject. The lenders are Bank of America, J P Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citibank and GMAC, together with MERS. MERS is a “nominee” of lenders who becomes the record mortgagee in order to enable the mortgage to be assigned multiple times on the MERS records without the need of recording assignments.