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US banks to spend less on problem home loans

Posted by mortgage 11 minutes ago (Editorial)
NEW YORK - Even as President Barack Obama is calling for more assistance for struggling mortgage borrowers, major banks are looking forward to spending less to handle problem home loans.
The lawsuit accuses banks of creating a registry service that fails to accurately track mortgage ownership and lacks any legal authority to initiate foreclosures.
Judge certifies class action status for investors in $698 deal backed by risky mortgages.

New York sues banks over electronic mortgage system

Posted by mortgage 1 day 11 minutes ago (Editorial)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday sued three major U.S. banks, accusing them of fraud for using an electronic mortgage database that resulted in deceptive and illegal practices. Schneiderman filed the lawsuit against Bank of America Corp , Wells Fargo & Co and JPMorgan Chase & Co in New York state court in Brooklyn. The lawsuit is over the banks ...

Bank Of America Keeps Shrinking

Posted by mortgage 2 days ago (Editorial)
Once the biggest bank in the country, Bank of America is shrinking before our very eyes.
The Bank of America is no longer the nation's biggest mortgage servicer in the U.S., according to the latest report.
Kareem Serageldin, Credit Suisse Group AG?s former global head of structured credit trading, was charged in a scheme to falsify prices tied to collateralized debt obligations to meet targets and boost year-end bonuses for his $5.35 billion trading book.
Meanwhile, the US Securities and Exchange Commission is also investigating Deutsche Bank , SPIEGEL reports. According to financial regulatory sources, the bank launched one CDO transaction called "START" in which it allegedly allowed the hedge fund of US speculator John Paulson to choose junk mortgage securities against which he could speculate -- without the other investors knowing abo
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