Quicken vehemently denied the accusation and in April 2015 filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Detroit, accusing the government of “arbitrary and capricious conduct and misuse of power to extort money from lenders.”
At Dec. 31, MetLife held approximately $11.74 billion in whole loans. In the past, the life insurer had focused on seasoned mortgages, but two years ago started buying newly-originated prime and near-prime mortgages.