AP - Wells Fargo is paying $24 million to end an investigation by eight states probing whether lenders acquired by the company made risky mortgages to consumers without disclosing their perils.

Reuters - Baltimore and Memphis have filed new federal lawsuits accusing Wells Fargo & Co of steering black borrowers into expensive mortgages, only to later conduct many foreclosures that cost the cities property tax revenue and forced both to spend more on public safety.

Reuters - Baltimore has filed a new lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo & Co of steering black borrowers into expensive mortgages only to later foreclose on hundreds of homes, costing the city property tax revenue and forcing it to spend more to maintain the public’s safety.

Investor’s Business Daily - It was more than four years ago that John Stumpf, then chief operating officer of Wells Fargo , grew leery of the booming housing market.