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• On Deadline

  - 2008-01-14

  Countrywide’s Shares Continue To Fall CALABASAS, Calif.–Shares of Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, plunged last week after the company denied rumors that it was planning to file for bankruptcy protection. Countrywide shares, in a free-fall the past eight months, fell more than 28% yesterday to $5.47,...

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• Conventional wisdom: here is some of what was heard and seen in Boston during the annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association

  - 2007-12-01

  The Boston air was crisp, the sun was shining, the leaves were turning, and the anxiety was everywhere. Mortgage bankers and others tied to the mortgage business gathered for the annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association MBA. [??] Nervous executives peeled off into little groups, their hands wrapped around...

  Tags: Boston, California, Countrywide Financial Corp., FINANCE, Florida, Jones, mortgage, Mortgages, Strategy

• Who's who in wholesale 2005: countrywide once again emerged as the top firm out of this annual ranking of wholesale and correspondent lenders

  - 2006-08-01

  Last year saw mortgage banking activity hold steady, no volatility up or down. Primary market origination activity froze at $2.9 trillion in 2005, per the Mortgage Bankers Association MBA--virtually the same as the year before. Overall, it was the second-best $2.8 trillion. [??] Though mortgage volume held pat, there were...

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• Small change.

  - 2006-06-26

  CSI Financial Services, a locally based lender to hospital patients, said its portfolio grew 23 percent in the first quarter compared to last year. The privately held firm said it has made more than $150 million in advance payments for hospital service and has loans in 49 states ... San...

  Tags: California, Countrywide Financial Corp., FINANCE

• Vincent A. Breitenbach has been named managing director, fixed-income investor relations, for Countrywide Financial Corporation's Treasury department in Calabasas, California

  - 2005-10-01

  Vincent A. Breitenbach has been named managing director, fixed-income investor relations, for Countrywide Financial Corporation's Treasury department in Calabasas, California. John Stasche has been appointed senior vice president and regional manager in the Northeast Division, and DougWinter has been appointed senior vice president and regional manager in the Midwest region...

  Tags: California, Countrywide Financial Corp., FINANCE, U.S. Department of Treasury

• Watchfire GomezPro scorecard puts Countrywide in top spot

  - 2005-09-01

  WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS-BASED Watchfire[R] GomezPro placed Countrywide Financial Corporation, Calabasas, California, in the top spot for overall score in its second-quarter 2005 Online Mortgage Scorecard results. Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina; and Wells Fargo, San Francisco, tied for second place in the scorecard. The second-quarter results marked the first...

  Tags: California, Countrywide Financial Corp., FINANCE, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Watchfire

• Technology and other stuff

  - 2005-05-01

  FUTURE LOAN ORIGINATION SYSTEMS LOSes will have to be "extensible and open-architected," said John Woody, vice president-product management, Mortgage Cadence, Denver. "We will have to look at technology through the business lens," he added. A panelist at the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) National Technology in Mortgage Banking Conference & Expo,...

  Tags: borrower, California, conference, Countrywide Financial Corp., FINANCE, financial, Mortgages, Strategy, Technology

• Utah Residential Mortgage Regulatory Commission

  - 2005-04-01

  Julie McCan has been appointed to the Utah Residential Mortgage Regulatory Commission. Kathleen Brown has been appointed to the board of directors of Calabasas, California-based Countrywide Financial Corporation. Yaacov M. Gross has been named partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP in New York.

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• Ventura County Star, Calif., regional stocks column.

  - 2004-11-30

  Ventura County Star, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 30--COUNTRYWIDE PARTNERS WITH HOME DEVELOPER: Countrywide Financial Corp., a mortgage banking company, and Pacific Coast Communities, a home developer, announced Monday they have formed PCC Mortgage Group, a joint venture intended to...

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• Ventura County Star, Calif., business briefs column.

  - 2004-11-19

  Ventura County Star, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 19--COUNTRYWIDE RANKED NATION'S TOP LENDER: Countrywide Financial Corp. announced Thursday it ranked as the nation's largest mortgage lender and largest dealer of residential loans for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, according...

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