In the wake of the greatest foreclosure avalanche in American history, federal banking regulators settled with 14 major mortgage servicers over alleged foreclosure abuses. Part of the settlement included the opportunity for foreclosure victims to have their foreclosures reviewed for errors. If any errors were discovered, restitution could run from several hundred dollars to more than $100,000. To alert foreclosure victims, official letters were mailed to 4.1 million former homeowners. … [Read more...]