Concerned about “increasing uncertainty surrounding regulatory oversight of these types of arrangements,” Wells Fargo is ending all of its roughly 200 mortgage marketing services and desk rental agreements with builders and...more
8/11/2015
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Banks ,
Borrowers ,
Construction Industry ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Financial Institutions ,
Home Buyer ,
HUD ,
Kickbacks ,
Lenders ,
Loans ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Real Estate Brokers ,
Real Estate Market ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
RESPA ,
Wells Fargo
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac aggressively demanded Wall Street and big bank aggregators (“aggregators”) repurchase millions of defaulted and distressed loans, due to purported breaches...more
6/12/2015
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Banking Sector ,
Citibank ,
Fannie Mae ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Loan Aggregators ,
Mortgage Loan Originators ,
Mortgages ,
Repurchases ,
Settlement Agreements
Wells Fargo has announced that it plans to begin originating FHA-backed loans for borrowers with credit scores as low as 600. This new cut-off is 40 points below Wells Fargo’s current floor, and 20 points below what has...more
Adding to JPMorgan Chase’s widely publicized recent legal woes, shareholder Bradley P. Miller filed a derivative suit against the bank and its directors in California federal court on January 23, 2014, as a result of the $20...more
2/10/2014
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Bernie Madoff ,
Derivative Suit ,
Federal Reserve ,
GSE ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
London Whale ,
Mortgage-Backed Securities ,
Risk Assessment ,
Securities Fraud ,
Subprime Mortgages ,
Unjust Enrichment