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Shaun Donovan

Shaun Donovan

Shaun L.S. Donovan (born January 24, 1966) is the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, serving in the cabinet of President Barack Obama.

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HUD: Banks Mail Mortgage Cut Letters To Borrowers

Big banks are mailing letters offering to cut mortgage debt for hundreds of thousands of borrowers as part of a $25 billion foreclosure abuse settlement with state attorneys general, U.

S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said Tuesday. "There are thousands of families that have already benefited and hundreds of thousands more that are now getting these letters, not just from Bank of America, but they are being mailed from all of the five banks," Donovan said at a Senate Banking Committee hearing. Donovan's comments came after reports that Bank of America executives are offering mortgage principal reduction to as many as 200,000 borrowers. The banks involved in the settlement are Bank of America Corp. , J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. , Wells Fargo & Co. , Citigroup Inc. , and Ally Financial Inc.Copyright © 2012 MarketWatch, Inc....

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    FBN’s Charlie Gasparino on efforts to reach a mortgage settlement.

  2. Mortgage-Servicing Deal Would Give States Enforcement Power -Reuters

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  3. California a Holdout in Foreclosure Deal

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  5. White House Pushes For Quick Settlement of Foreclosure Talks

    FBN’s Charlie Gasparino on the Administration’s push for State Attorneys General to reach a settlement on the mortgage foreclosure talks.

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    U.S. Bancorp Inc. (USB) on Wednesday confirmed that negotiations between banks, regulators and state attorneys general to settle messy foreclosures now include regio...

  7. U.S. In $335 Mln Settlement With B. Of A.

    The Justice Department on Wednesday announced a $335 million settlement with Bank of America Corp. over alleged discriminatory lending practices by its Countrywide F...

  8. What is Fannie, Freddie Spending Your Money on Now?

    FBN’s Gerri Willis on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spending taxpayer money to send employees to a mortgage conference in Chicago.

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    FBN’s Peter Barnes on the possibility that the housing administration may need $100 billion.

  10. House Holds Hearings on Fraud at HUD

    Rep. Randy Neugebauer, (R-Texas), on investigation of fraud at the HUD.

  11. HUD Secretary on Overhauling HARP

    HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan on the overhaul to the federal refinance program in an effort to help homeowners refinance.

  12. Weekly Mortgage Trend

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  1. Lenders Lobby Regulators Over Mortgage Standards

    Mortgage lenders and consumer groups have launched at frenzied round of lobbying over one of the major issues financial regulators face from the 2008 financial crisi...

  2. US, 49 States File Settlement Of Foreclosure-Abuse Allegations

    The U.S. government and 49 states filed a $25 billion settlement of alleged foreclosure abuses in federal court on Monday, capping a year of negotiations with five m...

  3. HUD Sec. on Administration’s New Plan to Help Homeowners

    Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan on the Administration’s efforts to help the housing market.

  4. Shutting Down Toxic Mortgage Twins

    Winding down Fannie and Freddie Mac.

  5. Bondholders Criticize US Mortgage Settlement

    -Bond investors wary of steeper losses as banks implement settlement-HUD says assertion that banks would use investor money is "just false."-Banks may keep foreclosu...

  6. Banks on the Hook in $25B Settlement

    The biggest U.S. banks will provide about $25 billion in relief to distressed homeowners, as state and federal officials hold lenders responsible for taking illegal ...

  7. State Attorneys General Near Foreclosure Settlement

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