A leader in foreclosure-prevention efforts in Maryland is moving to the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation to oversee mortgage lenders, brokers, debt-management firms and check cashers.

Anne Balcer Norton, who just stepped down as head of foreclosure prevention at the nonprofit St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center in Baltimore, starts in July as an assistant commissioner in the state's financial regulation office.

Norton, an attorney, worked as general counsel for a mortgage lender before heading up St. Ambrose's foreclosure prevention team, the largest in the Baltimore area.

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