In recent months, the Federal Reserve and other banking agencies have issued statements calling on mortgage lenders and mortgage servicers to find prudent ways to resolve loan problems with existing borrowers.

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Some solutions introduced new problems or exacerbated existing ones, so trade-offs had to be made to find the proper balance.

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