Business & Finance
Business and Finance
Business and Finance 
Thu, November 3, 2011
Wed, November 2, 2011
Wells Fargo Under Contract to Purchase $3.3 Billion IBRC Commercial Real Estate Loan Portfolio
SAN FRANCISCO--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) today announced that it is under contract to buy a portfolio of 61 performing U.S.-based commercial real estate loans from Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), formerly known as Anglo Irish Bank, with a total face amount/customer balance of $3.3 billion. Of this amount, approximately 25 of the 61 loans with a face value of $1.5 billion were closed on Tuesday, October 25, 2011.Per the terms of the contract, Wells Fargo expects to acquire the balance of the loans in the fourth quarter.
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