Ditech Deal With Homeowners Paves Way for $1.8 Billion Sale (1)

Bankrupt mortgage servicer Ditech Holding Corp. cleared the way for the $1.8 billion sales of its businesses by agreeing on Sept. 10 to preserve some homeowner claims like the right to fix mistakes on their loans.

The accord ends a dispute over the sales, allowing Ditech to pay creditors and exit bankruptcy. A group of consumer creditors as well as attorneys general from about a dozen states objected to a previous plan to offload the assets in “free and clear” transactions. Those arrangements would have stripped homeowners of rights, including those that could help them save their homes from wrongful ...