Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 02.17.2013

E-Mails Imply JPMorgan Knew Some Mortgage Deals Were Bad
Deal Book l 6 February 2013
When an outside analysis uncovered serious flaws with…

Critics of $8.5 Billion Pact Challenge BofA Mortgage Modifications
FCLA l 4 February 2013
A group of mortgage-backed securities investors says Bank…

Bankers Who Made Millions In Housing Boom Misled Investors: Study
The Huffington Post l 13 February 2013
Bankers who made billions of dollars packaging home loans into bonds…

The Second-Mortgage Shell Game
The New York Times l 17 February 2013
IN January, federal regulators announced an $8.5 billion agreement with 10 mortgage servicers to settle claims of foreclosure abuses. . .