On the heels of a massive fraudulent foreclosure document scandal, Attorneys General in all fifty states opened a joint investigation into home foreclosures, pledging to halt any and all wrongful practices at mortgage companies and banks.

The league of justice says they want to stop improper foreclosures, check out what mortgage servicers have been and are currently doing, figure out fixes, and set up an independent body to keep track of mortgage foreclosure practices

All well and good, but, It’s been four years – no one thought to do this before?

Attorneys General in 50 States Open Foreclosure Investigation [Bloomberg]

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