If Bank of America follows through with the loan modifications, “it would begin to break a huge logjam,” said Ellen Seidman, who studies the financial-services industry at the New America Foundation. It would set an example for other lenders -- and for the government. “But I’d hold off on getting excited about the serviced loans,” Seidman said, “until we see something starting to happen.” LINK

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