Mortgage servicers backdating delinquency during active loan modifications
Servicers approve loan modifications then backdating delinquency to pre-modification periods to manufacture default grounds and justify attorney fees. Homeowners in active loss mitigation have no protection against this modification period manipulation. The practice converts a resolved delinquency into a foreclosure trigger through retroactive accounting.
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