Treasury Pushes Bankers on Loan Modifications

During daylong meetings Tuesday, the Treasury Department pressured executives from 25 mortgage companies to promise to work harder to modify more mortgages for troubled borrowers. The officials agreed orally on a new goal of 500,000 loan modifications by Nov. 1. The meeting stemmed from concern that the program to modify mortgages will fall far short of the original goal of 3 to 4 million modified loans. As of this week, only 200,000 borrowers were enrolled in three-month trial loan modifications.

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