Foreclosures-Banks Now Prefer S.S. To Foreclosures

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Banks Now Prefer Short Sales To Foreclosures Banks dealing with lengthy, complicated and frequently messy foreclosures are starting to see "short sales" as a quicker and cheaper way of getting bad loans off their books.  The nation’s biggest mortgage servicers- Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo – are beginning to step up their… Read More

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