Goldman Sachs will pay more than $5 billion to settle claims related to toxic mortgage bonds sold to investors in the run up to the financial crisis. The agreement, which would still need to be finalized, would resolve actual and potential civil claims brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and other parties, relating to the firm’s securitization, underwriting and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities from 2005 to 2007. Click the headline to read more. …read more
From:: Real Estate Wire