(Associated Press/Houston Chronicle) WASHINGTON – U.S. states have reached a $25 billion deal with the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst. Federal and state officials announced the deal Thursday. It is the biggest settlement involving a single industry since a 1998 multi-state tobacco deal. Under the agreement, five major …
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