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IndyMac Bancorp Inc., the failed thrift, reopened its doors under federal control Monday and promptly moved to toss ailing homeowners a lifeline by halting all foreclosures on the mortgages it owns.
That is pretty smart on stopping the foreclosures. It stops their REO (real estate owned) stock from piling up, and the liability and expense from that -- and they still hold the claim on the property for whatever it is worth (or not).