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Homeowners Fight Mortgage-Interest Overcharges
Worcester Telegram (Mass.), Apr. 15, 2016–Harney, Kenneth R.
For years it was widely considered a massive, government-sanctioned rip-off of home mortgage borrowers. Then it was banned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And now it’s the subject of class-action suits that accuse four large banks of illegally collecting millions of dollars in excess mortgage interest payments from their customers.