Mortgage lenders breathed a sigh of relief on Monday as the Georgia Supreme Court issued a ruling that unties the hands of banks seeking to foreclose on borrowers in default.

The unanimous opinion effectively reverses a decision issued by a divided Court of Appeals in another case last year. Creating uncertainty over proper foreclosure practices, that opinion said a state statute required foreclosure notices to properly identify the owner of a loan, not just the servicer.

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