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03/27/10
Bank of America to lower mortgage principal
Filed under: General, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 7:37 pm

A decision by Bank of America’s home-loan subsidiary to begin systematically lowering the principal balance on an estimated 45,000 customers’ onerous mortgage loans has left some wondering if it’s the start of a broader trend.

Less than 1 percent of the country’s estimated 11.3 million underwater mortgage borrowers are eligible for the program, announced Wednesday, but it could spark other lenders to do likewise, one Arizona State University finance professor said.  more…


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