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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 30, 2008
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STATE BAR OFFERS FREE FORECLOSURE
LEGAL GUIDE
AS
PUBLIC SERVICE
With 25,000 foreclosures expected in Maryland this year, and one in every 200 homes now in some stage of a foreclosure proceeding, many families across the state face losing their homes. To help these thousands of people, especially in light of new state foreclosure laws, the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) has just released a newly revised foreclosure proceeding legal information guide and is giving it away free to Maryland consumers as a public service.
MSBA’s Foreclosing
Proceedings in Maryland public awareness brochure offers assistance
to consumers facing or fearing a foreclosure. This free pamphlet provides
legal information to help the public better understand the new foreclosure
law, effect April 4, 2008, which offers new protections for homeowners.
It explains the new law in basic terms and outlines the steps of the
revised foreclosure process, including new notice requirements and
extended time periods for foreclosure sales, so consumers know what
to expect when facing a foreclosure situation.
Foreclosing
Proceedings in Maryland is one in the series of 24 legal information guides
offered by MSBA’s Public Awareness Committee, http://www.msba.org/departments/commpubl/publications/brochures/index.htm . These
pamphlets present legal information on 24 timely legal topics in a basic and
understandable way to help educate the public about the law. MSBA gives
these brochures away as a public service.
Foreclosing Proceedings
in Maryland is available online at http://www.msba.org/departments/commpubl/publications/brochures/foreclosure.htm, or in print; to obtain print copies of the brochure contact Jason Zeisloft,
Communications Assistant, jzeisloft@msba.org or
call (410) 685-7878 x 3028.
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