Friday is Deadline for Filing Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement Claims
Massachusetts residents who lost their homes to foreclosure from 2008 to 2011 have until Jan. 18 to file a claim as part of a $25 billion settlement.
If you lost your home to bank foreclosure anytime in 2008-2011, you have until Friday to file a claim for a one-time payment as part of a $25 billion settlement. The agreement was reached between five major lenders and 49 states' attorneys general, including Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, for unlawful foreclosures, including robo-signing of documents. Coakley's office estimates that about 21,000 Massachusetts residents are eligible for payment under the settlement. Her office says that last fall, claim forms were sent to those residents who had lost their homes to foreclosure and who might be eligible for payment. The settlement, which took effect in April with the nation’s five largest mortgage loan servicers, earmarked…
