OCC: $2.6B foreclosure review checks cashed

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As part of consent orders with federal banking regulators, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), the Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR) was established to determine whether eligible homeowners suffered financial injury because of errors or other problems during.

The ""Office of the Comptroller of the Currency"":http://www.occ.gov/ (OCC) announced more than 2.7 million foreclosure review checks have been cashed or deposited as of June 13. [IMAGE] [COLUMN_BREAK.

""That’s the largest cash payout of any foreclosure-related settlement to date,"" said Curry. Through the new approach, Curry said checks. review-leads-to-more-questions-from-lawmakers-2013-02-01.

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As of the end of May, borrowers have cashed or deposited 2.6 million foreclosure review checks, according to the latest update from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The checks are valued at $2.3 billion and are part of a foreclosure settlement reached in January between the OCC, the Federal Reserve Board, and 13 servicers.

 · The OCC also said that there are $280 million in checks sent to affected consumers which were not cashed. Those funds will be escheated by the end of the year so eligible borrowers and their heirs have the ability to claim it through their state’s process instead.

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The Fed and the OCC on Wednesday said that they had mailed out checks to nearly 4.2 million eligible borrowers in April 2013, and that more than 3.4 million of the checks had been cashed or.

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DENVER- Colorado borrowers who submitted a valid foreclosure payment claim through the National Mortgage Settlement will receive a check this month for an average of $1,480. To date, the total cash payments for mortgage servicing abuse are Colorado is $32,882,672.