May 7, 2024
An updated guideline from Fannie Mae, if it stands, could throw a wrench into the property-casualty insurance industry’s move toward actual cash value for more homeowners and condo coverage. A Fannie Mae spokesperson said the government-backed mortgage corporation, which supports …
June 27, 2018
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear an appeal brought by Nomura Holdings Inc. and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC seeking to overturn an order requiring them to pay $839 million for making false …
November 24, 2014
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has yet to deliver on changes to a controversial type of homeowners’ insurance even as its director told the Senate Banking Committee last week that it’s making progress. So-called force-placed insurance, which banks buy to …
October 24, 2014
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley against the Federal Housing Finance Agency and mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying the court doesn’t have oversight of the matter. Coakley sued the …
June 3, 2014
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is suing the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for allegedly violating the state’s 2012 foreclosure prevention law. The lawsuit alleges the federal housing regulators and the …
December 20, 2011
New York and federal officials will cooperate in investigations of banks bundling mortgages into troubled securities that helped cause the 2008 Wall Street collapse. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Steve Linick, the inspector general of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, …
September 8, 2011
By suing 131 individuals in its effort to recover losses on $200 billion of mortgage debt that went sour, the federal agency overseeing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is doing one thing that the U.S. government has largely …
September 7, 2011
The U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency said Tuesday it decided to file lawsuits against 17 financial institutions last week because the firms misrepresented the mortgages in securities filings. “At the heart of the suits is FHFA’s conclusion that the actual …