WASHINGTON -- The landmark $25 billion settlement between major banks and state and federal governments is aimed at doing more than just helping people who lost their homes through improper foreclosures.

It's an attempt to fix the biggest weak ...

NEW YORK --A nationwide settlement on foreclosure practices has ended one headache for the banks involved, but there are signs that it is only the beginning of many others.

The agreement between 49 states and five large banks gives the financial ...

LOS ANGELES -- The $25 billion mortgage settlement may set new national standards for loan servicing, but it may be too little and too late to help troubled homeowners.

The principal on many homeowners' mortgages will be reduced. In California, ...

WASHINGTON -- State and federal regulators on Thursday announced a settlement worth at least $25 billion with Bank of America and four other large banks, ending several years of litigation over alleged foreclosure abuses. The deal offers some help...

LOS ANGELES -- Homeowners who were affected by the collapse of the housing market and a wave of foreclosure abuses may get a share of the $25 billion settlement announced Thursday morning.

Up to 2 million people who are struggling to make loan ...

WASHINGTON -- In unveiling a landmark $25 billion settlement of investigations of foreclosure abuses, federal and state officials said Thursday they were holding the nation's five largest mortgage servicers accountable for the problems while also ...