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Barney Frank: “We have got to give these servicers the right to renegotiate where it is in the interest to do so.”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2009
We have got to give these servicers the right to renegotiate where it is in the interest to do so.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Barney Frank emphasizes the need for servicers to renegotiate mortgages for homeowners' benefit.

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