Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Fremont sells loan unit for $1.9 billion

(Reuters) - The deal could eventually lead to the investor group owning 20 percent of the outstanding stock of the company, one of several lenders to less credit-worthy home buyers who have scrambled to overcome rising defaults and late payments amid a U.S. housing slowdown.




Santa Monica, California-based Fremont also said the buyer in its previously disclosed agreement to sell its subprime residential real estate business was hedge fund Ellington Capital Management.


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