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Maine Governor Expected to Sign Subprime Bill

The governor of Maine is expected to sign a bill into law that tightens requirements in order to promote responsible subprime mortgage lending.

By Staff Writer | Updated on June 12, 2007

AUGUSTA, Maine — The governor of Maine is expected to sign a bill into law that tightens requirements in order to promote responsible subprime mortgage lending.

The Maine House and Senate unanimously passed the legislation last week. “With the rampant foreclosures in the subprime market, policy leaders and responsible lenders in Maine understood the pressing need to act,” Uriah King, co-author of a report that documented predatory lending abuses in Maine with the Center for Responsible Lending, said. “This law includes some of the strongest protections in the country, including common-sense ways to reduce broker abuses and destructive serial refinancing.”

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