By Julie CHABANAS WASHINGTON, March 10, 2024 (AFP) – The popularity of remote work in the United States has emptied office buildings, a cause for worry as their value falls and owners risk losses on property loans — in turn putting pressure on smaller banks. “There will be bank failures, but this is not the big banks,” said US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday. In San Francisco, Washington and even New York, offices […]
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Grown-up Basics Part 1: What is a mortgage?
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, June 29) – Mortgage has its origin from the an ancient French legal term used in the Middle Ages. Literally, it means “death pledge”. Scary, right? You are a grown-up now, and living in the adult world means handling things like mortgages. So here’s a helpful guide to mortgage basics. When you want to build or purchase your own home, you may consider getting a mortgage. It is a […]
Bank of America to pay $9.3 billion to settle mortgage bond claims
By Margaret Chadbourn and Aruna Viswanatha WASHINGTON Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:42pm EDT (Reuters) – Bank of America agreed to pay $9.3 billion to settle claims that it sold Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac faulty mortgage bonds, helping the bank to end one of the largest legal headaches it still faced from the financial crisis. The settlement, announced on Wednesday, includes $6.3 billion in cash and $3.2 billion in securities that Bank of America will […]





