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• Progressive Following on Countrywide Financial Corporation.

  - 2008-03-13

  M2 PRESSWIRE-13 March 2008-Street Tips: Progressive Following on Countrywide Financial CorporationC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13032008 Streetinvesting.com has now resumed our progressive review of Countrywide Financial Corporation (NYSE:CFC) after it traded down 6% Wednesday, early in the morning, with below-average...

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• Union calls for boycott of Countrywide Bank

  - 2007-12-04

  LOS ANGELES -- A national labor union launched a campaign Monday against Countrywide Financial Corp., calling on members and other consumers to boycott the mortgage lender's banking subsidiary until it guarantees it won't foreclose on borrowers who have fallen behind on adjustable rate loans. UNITE HERE, which represents...

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• Rebuilding Together and Countrywide Volunteers Provide Home Improvements for Injured Soldier

  - 2007-11-17

  To: LIFESTYLES EDITORSContact: Becky Carter, Program Manager for Rebuilding Together, +1-202-302-1139; or Rick Simon, 1st VP of Corporate Communications for Countrywide, +1-800-796-8448 EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rebuilding TogetherR, the nation's largest volunteer home rehabilitation organization, is providing modifications and repairs at the home of Operation Iraqi Freedom...

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• A new era: what does the future hold for the securitization model of mortgage lending? Could the era of the independent mortgage banking firm be a thing of the past?

  - 2007-11-01

  Countrywide Financial Corporation, Calabasas, California, became the nation's largest mortgage lender by thriving in chaotic times. After past periods of turmoil--such as the unexpected April 1994 interest-rate spike--Countrywide has been able to increase its market share in both originations and servicing. [??] Warning shots signaling coming challenges were fired earlier...

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• Countrywide boosts borrowing capacity by another $12 billion

  - 2007-09-14

  CALABASAS -- Countrywide Financial Corp. boosted its borrowing capacity by $12 billion as the mortgage lender struggles to weather the slowdown in the housing market, the company said Thursday. The move came after the largest U.S. home lender borrowed $11.5 billion and sold a $2 billion stake...

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• Mortgage lender cuts 12,000 jobs

  - 2007-09-08

  LOS ANGELES AP -- Struggling lender Countrywide Financial Corp. said Friday it will cut as many as 12,000 jobs as it struggles to deal with challenging conditions in the mortgage industry. The company said the cuts, amounting to as much as 20 percent of its work force, are...

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• Current Research on Countrywide Financial Corp.

  - 2007-06-12

  M2 PRESSWIRE-12 June 2007-Blue Chip News: Current Research on Countrywide Financial CorpC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12062007 Current Research on Countrywide Financial Corp (NYSE:CFC) Countrywide Financial Corporation, a holding company, engages in mortgage lending and other finance-related operations. The company...

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• Who's who in wholesale 2006: here's our annual story on the top wholesale and correspondent lenders. Last year was a year of many stories in the wholesale lending space

  - 2007-06-01

  Last year was an interesting one in many ways for the mortgage banking business and the overall industry. For one, 2006 was the transitional year that separated a world of attitudes--from "Anyone and everyone who wants a mortgage can get one" to "On further inspection, maybe that's not such a...

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• Shareholders alert for Countrywide Financial Corp.

  - 2007-05-11

  M2 PRESSWIRE-11 May 2007-bellwetherreport.com: Shareholders alert for Countrywide Financial CorpC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11052007 Shareholders alert for Countrywide Financial Corp (NYSE:CFC) Countrywide Financial Corporation, a holding company, engages in mortgage lending and other finance-related operations. The company operates...

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• US Congress seeks to avert home foreclosure 'tsunami'

  - 2007-03-22

  WASHINGTON AFP — US lawmakers Thursday called on the multitrillion-dollar mortgage industry to tighten up its lending practices and said they were mulling legislation to crack down on predatory lenders. A slump in the US housing market, following several years of spectacular growth, has seen home foreclosures jump in...

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