The nation’s five largest mortgage servicing companies now face a tab of $25 billion to bring to a conclusion the long-running negotiations with the state attorneys general over industry foreclosure practices, according to published reports of the latest behind-the-scenes developments. The deal with the big five servicers – Ally Financial Inc., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. – is now said to include $5 billion in cash penalties, along with the requirement to produce $3 billion in mortgage refinances. Other aspects of the settlement are said to include principal reductions and other forms of aids to struggling homeowners. The top servicers would be released from certain claims having to do with loan servicing and origination, according to the reports – but to what extent exactly remains unclear. And there would be no release from claims related to mortgage securitization.