mortgages crisis

As the details of the Mortgage Settlement Agreement, the deal between 49 of 50 states and the U.S. on one side, and BanK of America, Wells Fargo, CitiBank, Ally Financial, and JP Morgan/Chase on the other, become analyzed, it a HUGE win for the Banks. The not only received a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card but are now assured that there will no jail and the cost will not hurt profits.

Quoting from the March 13, 2012 American Banker's article about the agreement

Bankruptcy is rising but filings are falling! Why?

There has been movement in some state courts to shore-up the failure of the legislation enacting the Making Home Affordable program initiatives to modify loans (