American International Group is reportedly bringing to market $300 million in securitized notes backed by mortgage insurance written by its private MI subsidiary United Guaranty Corp., but the global insurance company is playing it close to the vest. AIG and United Guaranty are keeping details of the risk-transfer transaction under wraps and a spokesperson for UG declined to comment. Credit Suisse is the seller of the notes. Citing company marketing documents, Bloomberg reported...
Wells Fargo won key victories last week with the dismissal of two lawsuits in Chicago and Los Angeles alleging reverse redlining in the cities’ minority neighborhoods, resulting in high foreclosure rates, reduced property values and lost property tax revenues. The lawsuits accused Wells Fargo of targeting minority areas in the two cities with higher-cost loans, even though they could not afford such loans. Eventually, many borrowers defaulted on their mortgages and lost their homes to foreclosures. This, in turn, left many vacant homes throughout neighborhoods, driving down property values and costing counties and cities billions of dollars in efforts to eliminate urban blight. In Chicago, a federal district court judge said...
MSRs purchased by Hatteras will be held at Pingora Loan Servicing with the "excess" receivables going to the parent company due tax benefits enjoyed by REITs.