2012-08-18wsj.com

``In a letter to the consumer regulator circulated Tuesday in Washington lobbying circles, eight mid-sized lenders called the safe harbor essential.

Without this protection "every legal challenge will have to be fully litigated--tying up the courts and increasing costs to consumers, taxpayers, and lenders," they wrote. "The lack of clarity and the ongoing risk of litigation are of particular concern for banks such as ours that seek to serve the Main Street borrowers through affordable mortgage products."''



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