MetLife Home Loans LLC, Successor to MetLife Bank N.A., to Pay $123.5 Million to Resolve Alleged Federal Housing Administration Mortgage Lending Violations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 25, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — MetLife Home Loans LLC has agreed to pay the United States $123.5 million to resolve allegations that MetLife Bank N.A. (MetLife Bank) violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that did not meet applicable requirements, the Justice Department announced today.

MetLife Bank was a banking services company headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey. In June 2013, MetLife Bank merged into MetLife Home Loans LLC, a mortgage finance company headquartered in Irving, Texas. MetLife Bank was, and MetLife Home Loans LLC is, a wholly owned subsidiary of MetLife Inc., a holding company headquartered in New York City.

“MetLife Bank’s improper FHA lending practices not only wasted taxpayer funds, but also inflicted harm on homeowners and the housing market that lasts to this day,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Joyce R. Branda of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “As this settlement shows, we will continue to hold accountable financial institutions that elected to ignore the rules and to pursue their own financial interests at the expense of hardworking Americans.”…