Ally -- the former GMAC unit of General Motors that specializes in dealer floorplan financing and car loans -- is 74 percent-owned by the U.S. Treasury after receiving a $17.2 billion government bailout. In 2010, the Treasury failed to find a buyer for ResCap, which originates and services residential mortgages. Carpenter had said an initial public offering for Ally wouldn’t happen without progress on a resolution for ResCap.
ResCap’s board voted to declare bankruptcy and arrange a sale to Fortress Investment Group LLC and Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. for about $2.3 billion, ResCap Chairman and CEO Thomas Marano, 50, said in an interview. Nationstar, which is majority-owned by Fortress, will buy a portfolio of servicing assets, as well as a mortgage-origination unit, and business will continue uninterrupted, he said. Mortgage servicers handle billing, collection and foreclosures.
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