On February 9, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and a coalition of forty-nine state attorneys general announced a $25 billion joint federal-state settlement with Bank of America Corporation, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Company, Citigroup, Inc., and Ally Financial, Inc. (formerly GMAC) (the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers, controlling approximately 60% of the mortgage servicing market), related to claims of alleged mortgage abuses and fraud, and an agreement related to standards for mortgage servicing in the future. Click here to read more.