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NEWS ABOUT: IndyMac

IndyMac stories: 10 news summaries

Wreck of IndyMac Sold
for $13.9B

Soros, Dell among the players in FDIC's damaged-goods sale

Jan 3, 09 8:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A team of high-profile investors has bought the remains of failed bank IndyMac from the FDIC for $13.9 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. The investors, including George Soros and computer tycoon Michael Dell, have agreed to share the losses from IndyMac's portfolio of troubled mortgages in a deal... More »

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private equity • J. C. Flowers • bank • Michael Dell • IndyMac • George Soros • FDIC • subprime crisis • bank failure • financial crisis

FDIC Plan Tests Strategies for
Keeping People in Homes

Systematic reworking faces typical hurdles

Nov 1, 08 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first large-scale experiment in how to keep struggling borrowers in their homes is being run by the FDIC at seized mortgage lender IndyMac, the Wall Street Journal reports, and the results are mixed. Of some 65,000 borrowers with “seriously delinquent” mortgages, about 47,000 qualify for aid... More »

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IndyMac • FDIC • mortgage lender • refinanced mortgages • subprime crisis • mortgage delinquency

In Good Times and Bad,
Looks Matter

Execs' trustworthy appearance can mislead consumers

Jul 21, 08 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Did so many people believe IndyMac CEO Michael Perry's assurances that his company was doing fine because of his baby face? A forthcoming study suggests that soft features like "large eyes, small nose, high forehead and small chin," engender more favorable bias in viewers, the Washington Post reports.... More »

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CEO • IndyMac • appearances • subprime crisis • consumer psychology • corporate execs

Failed FDIC-Run Bank
Added Fuel to Subprime Fire

Feds seized Ill.-based Superior in 2001, but it continued to write, sell off bad loans

Jul 21, 08 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Illinois bank seized by regulators in 2001 continued to write risky subprime mortgages for months after it was put under the day-to-day supervision of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many of the loans—some with interest rates above 12%—have been foreclosed; a Texas... More »

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foreclosure • IndyMac • FDIC • subprime crisis • bank failure • Superior Bank • financial crisis

Economic Recovery to Take Months: Paulson

But banking remains 'safe and sound'

Jul 20, 08 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Henry Paulson sought to reassure Americans today that US banking is "sound" despite a growing list of troubled banks, Reuters reports. He also said the economy will stay slow for months, but expressed confidence that Congress will shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before summer recess. "Congress... More »

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Henry Paulson • Freddie Mac • IndyMac • Fannie Mae • mortgage debt • banking • subprime crisis • financial crisis

FBI Begins Fraud Probe
of IndyMac Mortgages

Failed bank may have given improper loans to people with bad credit

Jul 16, 08 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI is investigating failed bank IndyMac for possible fraud related to its mortgage-lending business, Bloomberg reports. The agency is looking into whether the bank gave improper loans to people with shaky credit. It is working closely with the FDIC, which seized the bank's assets last week. IndyMac specialized in... More »

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housing market • IndyMac • bank fraud • FDIC • bank failure

 FDIC Hunts for IndyMac Buyer 

Feds want to see it as a whole; see more small banks failing in future

Jul 14, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is looking to sell recently capsized IndyMac as a whole to one healthy bank, an executive told Reuters today. The FDIC took over IndyMac on Friday after nervous customers withdrew more than $1.3B in 11 days. "I don't expect there will be large... More »

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money • IndyMac • FDIC • subprime crisis • banks • John Bovenzi

analysis

IndyMac Failure Exposes Risk for Uninsured $$$

Depositors with more than $100K in the bank could be in trouble

Jul 12, 08 9:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - IndyMac Bank's failure yesterday was a "wake-up call" to anyone with deposits above the $100,000 FDIC insurance limit, Terry Savage writes in Street.com. Americans have more than $2.6 trillion in uninsured accounts, and 10,000 depositors have more than $1 billion at risk at IndyMac alone.... More »

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insurance • bank • IndyMac • FDIC • bank failure

 Feds Seize Failed
 IndyMac Bank 

Senator's comments led to takeover, regulator says

Jul 11, 08 7:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - As mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae crowded the headlines today, Washington snatched up IndyMac Bank in the second-largest US bank failure in history, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Pasadena, Calif. savings and loan, which owns about $32 billion in assets, saw stocks fall from $45 last year... More »

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takeover • IndyMac • FDIC • lending practices • subprime crisis • bank regulation • financial crisis

Banks Tighten Credit Squeeze

Lenders 'raising rates like crazy'

Aug 3, 07 4:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lenders are cutting credit, tightening standards or raising interest rates to a broader range of borrowers beyond those with weak credit records who qualify for subprime loans, the Wall Street Journal reports. Panic is spreading to a category of mortgages between subprime and prime that often involves borrowers who don't... More »

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subprime mortgages • mortgage • loans • Wells Fargo • Alt A loans • IndyMac • National City • interest rate

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