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A judge in the Southern District of New York ruled Tuesday that Flagstar Bancorp will have to pay Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. more than $90 million for defective mortgages packaged in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that Flagstar must pay $90.1 million to Assured for misrepresenting loans in insured securities. Flagstar must also pay interest, attorneys' fees, and other costs to be determined.

With the dawning of a new year comes the sense of starting fresh and leaving the previous year's baggage behind. A number of mortgage lenders are applying this same adage to their loan portfolios as the close of 2010 nears, and selling off blocks of nonperforming mortgage assets to clean up their balance sheets for a new year of business. It's a common trend for banks to get their house in order during the fourth quarter of a fiscal year, but this year, it seems there's a larger pool of eager buyers for soured real estate assets.

Industry data released Monday shows that the biggest originator of home loans is based on the West Coast, while the biggest mortgage servicer is based on the East Coast. With more than $100 billion in new home loans, Wells Fargo held onto the top spot among mortgage originators during the third quarter of this year. Bank of America took the lead spot in the mortgage servicer rankings, with just over $2 trillion in residential home loans in its servicing portfolio as of September 30th.