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Tax Impact of Principal Reduction

With the Obama administration and private lenders actively considering mortgage-principal-reduction programs to help financially distressed homeowners, the Internal Revenue Service has issued an advisory to taxpayers who receive — or seek to receive — such assistance if it’s offered. Editor’s Note: The only thing I would add to this, for the moment, is that any …

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Cancel that Mortgage!: Bankruptcy Lawyers Get Wise

Cancel That Mortgage: The Grounds By L. Jed Berliner, Springfield Bankruptcy Attorney on Jul 31, 2008 in Consumer Protection, Massachusetts, Mortgages, Predatory Lending Mortgages can be cancelled in a process called rescission. Here’s an overview. Grounds for exercising this right given borrowers by Congress are found in problems with the mortgage closing documents for a …

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