“[Modification] programs have met with limited success to date, based on, among other things, the fact that they only reduce the interest to be paid by borrowers, not principal owed. While addressing affordability in the near-term, they do not address the willingness to continue to pay a mortgage on a property that has negative equity, nor does it deal with the inability to pay as a result of unemployment or other factors. ”

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“In October 2008, we created a team dedicated to the offering of loss mitigation services to our clients. These services provide our clients with alternatives to foreclosure such as loan modification or forbearance, which allow the borrower to continue to own the property; and short sales and deed-in-lieu of foreclosure which transfer the ownership of the property to the lender outside of the foreclosure process. Management believes that in addition to capturing revenues from this service offering that it is well positioned to receive the foreclosure referral stemming from the re-default of the modified loans and capture additional revenues, as we will have familiarity with the file.”