Friday's Headlines: US mortgage mess cost top banks at least $66 billion

America's mortgage debacle has cost the country's top five home lenders at least $65.7 billion, Bloomberg reports. New claims across the industry may double that amount.

Citing its own research, Bloomberg reports that Bank of America had the biggest losses, worth $39.1 billion since early 2007. JP Morgan Chase racked up $16.3 billion of losses while Wells Fargo lost $5.09 billion.

The data was compiled by Bloomberg from regulatory filings, corporate documents and public presentations by America's five largest home lenders. It covers everything from asset write-downs to payments to reimburse investors for lost value on faulty mortgages.

The numbers show that actual damages from the mortgage crisis are far worse than originally predicted by bank executives.

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