After stopping foreclosures in 23 other states, Bank of America has announced that it is halting foreclosures in Minnesota too. What does it mean for troubled homeowners, potential buyers and real estate agents?

I reported on the topic much of the afternoon and I can say that details are slim. Even the real estate agents that list foreclosed properties for Bank of America don't know what this means - the lender didn't bother to send them a memo. Check out the lender's statement for yourself. See? Told you there wasn't much info.

While I was poking around the web to learn what I could before heading to the phone, I found several interesting reads.

Minnetonka mortgage banker Alex Stenback wrote this Behind the Mortgage post after Lori Swanson's request for 15 major lenders to stop foreclosures and before Bank of America's decision. But it's still an interesting take that is certain to cause some readers to cheer and others to fume. For example:

While your blood is boiling, check out the reasonable argument that the Wall Street Journal columnist Brett Arends makes for not paying your mortgage:

Aaron Dickinson, an Edina Realty agent who writes the TwinCitiesRealEstateBlog.com, wrote about how a moratorium might affect homebuyers:

And finally, Ed Nelson, spokesman for the Minnesota Homeownership Center, brings up the point that Stenback made in a different way:

We'll be on this story as it unfolds. But in the meantime, feel free to point readers to other good stories and posts about foreclosure moratoriums in the comments section.