Bank of America Moves 38k Countrywide Mortgages To Subservicers, More Aggressive Loss Mit Expected
August 3, 2012
Bank of America appears to be moving slower than some industry analysts had expected in fulfilling some of its obligations under the proposed $8.5 billion settlement over Countrywide MBS reached last year with Bank of New York Mellon as trustee for a group of institutional investors. Although the settlement is far from finalized, BofA said it would move distressed loans to subservicers regardless of the outcome. The bank has moved approximately 38,000 mortgages to Specialized Loan Servicing, Select Portfolio Servicing and Green Tree, as of June 26, 2012, according to analysts at Barclays. Of this amount, 73 percent were shipped to SLS, SPS got 21 percent, and Green Tree received 6 percent. Of the 38,000 loans, mortgage servicing rights have been transferred...