WSJ-
It’s been four years since the housing bust began, and some Democrats are fighting to keep it going. That’s the message out of Massachusetts, where Attorney General Martha Coakley is layering on more uncertainty for the mortgage industry with a lawsuit that’s already driven one company to roll back its business in the state.
Ms. Coakley unveiled her case recently against Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup, GMAC Mortgage, Wells Fargo and the electronic clearinghouse Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS). She claims they engaged in “unfair and deceptive foreclosure practices” and “false documentation practices,” deceived borrowers about the availability of loan modifications and failed to comply with a state property-registration statute.