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Wells Fargo’s Q4 profit falls 38 percent amid mortgage turmoil
MSN MoneyCentral – The results were not unexpected since Wells said in November that it was taking a $1.4 billion charge against earnings to cope with troubled home equity loans that were primarily generated by outside mortgage brokers. Wells wrote off $595 million in …

Wells Fargo Profit Declines as Overdue Loans Increase (Update7)
Bloomberg – New York- based Citigroup Inc., the nation’s biggest, reported the largest loss in the bank’s 196-year history yesterday as surging defaults on home loans forced it to write down the value of subprime-mortgage investments by $18 billion in the fourth …

JPMorgan and Wells Fargo hit by loans
MSN MoneyCentral – … its US consumer business had risen sharply to $4.1bn as more borrowers, hit by falling house prices, struggled to keep up with payments on credit card, auto and home equity loans. JPMorgan once again avoided the huge writedowns on subprime mortgage …

Lenders Rethink Home-Equity Loans
Wall Street Journal – Rising delinquencies and falling home prices are putting home-equity lenders and borrowers in a tightening bind. As home values continue to sink, mortgage companies are increasingly walking away from delinquent home-equity loans rather than pushing …

Countrywide says helped avert 81,000 foreclosures
Reuters – … CFC.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) said on Wednesday it helped more than 81,000 borrowers stay in their residences and avert possible foreclosures in 2007, by either modifying or otherwise restructuring their home loans. The largest U.S. mortgage …

JPMorgan takes $1.3 billion writedown
Reuters – The bank quadrupled to $1.1 billion the provision it needs to cover continued problems on home equity and subprime mortgage loans. It also said credit card spending slowed in December, a sign the U.S. economy could suffer as cash-strapped consumers …

JPMorgan Chase quarterly profit falls 34 percent
International Herald Tribune – JPMorgan, a leading U.S. financial services business, quadrupled to $1.1 billion the provision it needs to cover continued problems on home equity and subprime mortgage loans. It also said credit card spending slowed in December, a sign the U.S …

Wells Fargo profit slides on home equity loss
Reuters – … Fargo & Co (WFC.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), the No. 2 U.S. mortgage lender, said on Wednesday fourth-quarter profit fell 38 percent, the first decline in more than six years, as more people missed payments on mortgages and home equity loans. …

(Recasts with Ambac, Wells Fargo results)
Reuters – We remain extremely cautious as we enter 2008,” Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said in a statement as his bank quadrupled to $1.1 billion the provision it needs to cover ongoing problems on home equity and high risk mortgage loans. Wells Fargo & Co …

Bill requiring notice on mortgage rate increases clears committee

Los Angeles Times – Arnold Schwarzenegger to encourage mortgage servicers to temporarily freeze interest rates on loans or to refinance loans at lower monthly payments. … not be as useful in helping people who already have fallen dangerously behind on their home …

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