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The suit ties back to $2 billion in defective residential mortgage-backed securities sold by BofA predecessor company First Franklin Financial Corp amidst the 2008 financial crisis.
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The Bureau is publishing its Spring 2019 Agenda, including updates on the future of the Dodd-Frank Act as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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A decade after bonds tied to U.S. home loans contributed to the financial crisis, British investment bank and financial services company Barclays is returning to the residential mortgage-backed securities market, Reuters reports. Many banks retreated from selling and trading portions ...
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Younger Americans are carrying the most debt, and the barriers to homeownership vary across the generations. Click here to learn insights from a recent survey.
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With Wells Fargo continuing to search for its next CEO, find out what prompted Dimon to criticize the bank's succession plan.
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Read More »Update in Case Regarding Alleged Price-Rigging of GSE Bonds
A new report claims that lawyers accusing several Wall Street banks of rigging the price of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds have a "cooperator" who is providing “smoking gun evidence.”
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