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Out of Maine, a National Foreclosure Freeze

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Homeowner Nicolle Bradbury of Denmark, Maine, and Thomas Cox, lawyer for Pine Tree Legal Assistance, challenge a foreclosure eviction in court. The lender GMAC, was found to have used a "limited signing officer," who had little or no knowledge of the case. GMAC had continued to follow faulty procedures, two years after it was asked to correct these procedure. Judge Stephens cited this situation in rejecting the foreclosure.

Pine Tree Legal Assistance, and Nicolle Bradbury of Denmark, Maine, challenge a GMAC foreclosure, which sets off legal challenges across the USA.

01/05/2009

Attorney Generals of many states across the US initiate challenges to foreclosures, after the successful challenge in the Maine case.

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