The Department of Housing and Urban Development this week announced the details of a long-awaited rulemaking that would take away the uncertainty and perceived abuses in the mortgage settlement process. The so-called road map for reforming regulations under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act will begin with a series of roundtable meetings over the next two months in Washington, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Dallas-Ft. Worth between HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson and his staff and