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BoA Reaches $404 Million Agreement With Freddie Mac On Mortgage Repurchase Claims
Eliane Chavagnon
2 December 2013
has reached a $404 million agreement with
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to resolve all remaining
representations and warranties claims for residential mortgage loans sold to
Freddie Mac between January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2009. “Previously, Bank of America announced an agreement with
Freddie Mac to resolve all outstanding and potential representations and
warranties claims related to whole loans sold by legacy Countrywide to Freddie
Mac through 2008, and a pair of agreements with Fannie Mae that, taken
together, resolved all outstanding and potential representations and warranties
claims related to whole loans sold by legacy Countrywide and legacy Bank of
America to Fannie Mae through 2008,” the firm said in a statement today (view more here). BoA will pay Freddie Mac a total of $404 million (less credits of $13
million) to resolve all outstanding and potential mortgage repurchase and compensate
Freddie Mac for certain past losses and potential future losses relating to
denials, rescissions and cancellations of mortgage insurance. The payments are fully covered by existing reserves as of September 30, 2013. “With this settlement, Bank of America has resolved all outstanding and
potential representations and warranties claims on whole loans sold by legacy
Bank of America and Countrywide to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through the dates
outlined above, subject to certain exceptions which Bank of America does not
believe are material,” the New York-listed bank said. Today’s agreement does not, according to the statement, cover
loan servicing obligations, loans contained in private label securitizations or
securities and disclosure claims.