A spokesperson for the New York law firm Quinn, Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan confirmed to HousingWire it has been hired by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, a move some say means the government-sponsored enterprises are going after bad mortgages it bought from originators.
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On the other side of that, major banks are struggling to get an accurate estimate on how much agency and private-label MBS investors are going to target on these repurchases and warranties.
Read it allAccording to Barclays Capital, that number could be as high as $85 billion. Bank of America (BAC: 11.36 -3.32%) set aside $872 million to cover those potential losses in the third quarter, but it has fluctuated between half that three months ago and 30% more a year ago.
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