Traverse City Record-Eagle  June 4, 2013  Editorial: Bills would
doom redemption efforts  Traverse City Record-Eagle  ---- — Why
in the world would the Michigan Legislature make it harder for
someone whose home is in foreclosure to sell or take other steps
to save their property?  And mostly to help out banks, no less.
But that’s just what a package of bills sponsored by Sen. Darwin
Booher would do. Booher is an Evart Republican whose 35th State
Senate district includes Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Wexford and
Kalkaska counties.  Some of what Booher is proposing makes
sense. Michigan’s current pre-foreclosure process law, which
gives residents 90 days before a foreclosure to work with
counselors to pursue a loan modification or other remedies, ends
this month. Booher’s bill would extend that law until January,
when federal regulations will mandate that lenders wait 120 days
before making a first notice or filing.  That makes sense.
Anything that helps homeowners save their homes from foreclosure
is good for s