Borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2011 may receive a check in the mail this month for at least $840.
The National Mortgage Settlement Administration announced last week that eligible borrowers who filed a claim form with their office will be mailed compensation checks starting this month.
The compensation checks are part of a $1.5 billion joint state-federal settlement with the country’s five largest mortgage servicers: Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. The settlement was reached last year after state and federal investigations found that the aforementioned mortgage servicers “routinely signed foreclosure related documents outside the presence of a notary public and without really knowing whether the facts they contained were correct.” Both practices are a violation of law.
For more information on the settlement, visit http://www.nationalmortgagesettlement.com/