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  1. Apr 13, 2010 · Washington Mutual has faded from the headlines eighteen months on from its collapse — but legislators plan to attack the insurer giant’s ‘unfair’ and ‘unnecessary’ failure at a Senate...

    • Joseph Cotterill
  2. Aug 17, 2023 · Headquartered in Henderson, Nevada, Washington Mutual (WaMu) was America’s largest savings and loan association before it failed on September 25, 2008. It had assets of $309 billion, nearly...

    • Why Did Wamu Fail?
    • Who Took Over Washington Mutual?
    • Who Suffered The Losses?

    Washington Mutual failed for five reasons. First, it did a lot of business in California. The housing market there did worse than in other parts of the country. In 2006, home values across the country started falling. That's after reaching a peak of almost 14% year-over-yeargrowth in 2004. By December 2007, the national average home value was down ...

    On Sept. 25, 2008, the FDIC took over the bank and sold it to JPMorgan Chase for $1.9 billion. The next day, Washington Mutual Inc., the bank's holding company, declared bankruptcy.It was the second-largest bankruptcy in history, after Lehman Brothers. On the surface, it seems that JPMorgan Chase got a good deal. It only paid $1.9 billion for about...

    Bondholders, shareholders, and bank investors paid the most significant losses. Bondholders lost roughly $30 billion in their investments in WaMu. Most shareholders lost all but 5 cents per share. Others lost everything. For example, TPG Capital lost its entire $1.35 billion investment. The WaMu holding company sued JPMorgan Chase for access to $4 ...

    • Kimberly Amadeo
  3. Washington Mutual, Inc. (often abbreviated to WaMu) was an American savings bank holding company based in Seattle. It was the parent company of Washington Mutual Bank , which was the largest savings and loan association in the United States until its collapse in 2008.

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  5. Dec 28, 2008 · Washington Mutual stands out as a singularly brazen case of lax lending in a financial landscape littered with wreckage.

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  7. Sep 24, 2008 · Subsequent to the closure, JPMorgan Chase acquired the assets and most of the liabilities, including covered bonds and other secured debt, of Washington Mutual Bank from the FDIC as Receiver for Washington Mutual Bank.

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