Thursday, July 26, 2007

Wells Fargo shuts nonprime mortgage unit, cuts jobs

(Reuters) - The company will shut operations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, resulting in a loss of 170 jobs, and in Des Moines, Iowa, where it will seek other positions for 67 affected workers. Wells Fargo's home mortgage unit is based in Des Moines, while the parent is based in San Francisco.




Wells Fargo, which is also the fifth-largest U.S. bank, said nonprime wholesale lending last year represented 1.6 percent of its $397.6 billion of residential mortgage loan volume. It said it will still offer nonprime loans directly to consumers through its Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and Wells Fargo Financial units.


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