The Home Affordable Modification Program that is designed to get homeowners out of their troubled mortgages is moving at a snail’s pace—and the servicers’ strategies are riddled with conflicts….
Those nasty pick-a-pay mortgages, the ones that allowed borrowers to pay less than interest thereby adding to principal balances every month, continue to be among the most worrisome mortgages still…
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