The Bloomberg report, published Wednesday, cites Bessent's mortgages with lender Bank of America and his pledge in 2007 to primarily occupy homes in New York and Massachusetts.
Mortgage experts told Bloomberg there was no sign of wrongdoing or proof of fraud in Bessent's home-loan filings and said the issue highlights incongruities found in such documents.
Bank of America did not rely on Bessent's pledges and never expected him to occupy both homes as his primary residences, Bloomberg reported, citing the mortgage documents.
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook referred to a condominium she purchased in June 2021 as a "vacation home" in a loan estimate, a characterization that could undermine claims by the Trump administration that she committed mortgage fraud.
Bassent 2017 年报了两栋房子做为principal residence - in home in Bedford Hills, New York, and a beach house in Provincetown, Massachusetts. 注意是一栋房子和一栋海边度假屋。Bank of America给两栋房子一共贷款两千一百万美元。没有显示Bassent用于出租。 这么大的贷款远超FHA自住贷款的标准,银行有其特殊的贷款规定。这和Lisa Cook买几栋几十万美元的房子称primary residence申请贷款用于出租根本不是一回事。这Cook还是没钱。