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The 2010 United States foreclosure crisis, sometimes referred to as Foreclosure-gate or Foreclosuregate, [ 1 ][ 2 ] refers to a widespread epidemic of improper foreclosures initiated by large banks and other lenders. The foreclosure crisis was extensively covered by news outlets beginning in October 2010, and several large banks—including ...
By Nate Raymond. NEW YORK -- Bank of America was found liable for fraud Wednesday over defective mortgages sold by its Countrywide unit, a major win for the U.S. government in one of the few ...
In litigation unrelated to the Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Plan Trust, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas sued Bank of America over the $1.75 billion in losses stemming from the fraud, saying their agreements required that Ocala hold $1.6 billion in cash or mortgage loans as collateral to be deposited with Bank of America, and that Bank of America ...
The American subprime mortgage crisis was a multinational financial crisis that occurred between 2007 and 2010 that contributed to the 2007–2008 global financial crisis. The crisis led to a severe economic recession, with millions losing their jobs and many businesses going bankrupt.
The issue of whether mortgage originators committed systematic fraud during the crisis has been settled once and for all. Earlier today, a jury concluded that Countrywide Financial, now a unit of ...
Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:11 PM. Countrywide's Mortgage Document Errors May Doom Bank of America. Testimony in a New Jersey foreclosure case decided last week may spell big trouble for Bank of ...
Bank of America Home Loans is the mortgage unit of Bank of America. It previously existed as an independent company called Countrywide Financial from 1969 to 2008. In 2008, Bank of America purchased the failing Countrywide Financial for $4.1 billion. In 2006, Countrywide financed 20% of all mortgages in the United States, at a value of about 3. ...
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Aruna Viswanatha A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the U.S. can pursue parts of a civil lawsuit against Bank of America for its sale of toxic mortgages to Fannie ...