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Mortgage Surplus Money---Really?

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One of my staff members in our Illinois office recently sent me this article from the Chicago Tribune about unclaimed funds---mostly from the 1990s and pre- 2007 housing boom--- that are “sitting” in a mortgage surplus account.

Now, keep in mind when you read the Tribune’s article that the $18 million surplus isn’t a statewide surplus. The millions of dollars from unclaimed profits on