Countrywide says foreclosure rate at new record
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Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Friday foreclosures and late payments rose in January to the highest on record, reflecting the nation's deepening housing and credit crunch.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of homeowners receiving foreclosure notices hit a record high in the spring, driven up by problems with subprime mortgages.
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Countrywide Financial, the nation's largest home loan lender, reported yesterday that foreclosures and late payments on mortgages in December soared to their highest levels in five years.
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Countrywide Financial Corp. ,  the largest U.S. mortgage lender, on Tuesday said it made 15  percent more home loans in May as the pace of refinancings  increased, though the foreclosure rate doubled.
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LOS ANGELES -- Countrywide Financial Corp. lost $1.2 billion in the third quarter, but its shares soared Friday after the nation's largest mortgage lender said it expects to be profitable this quarter and next year.
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Countrywide Financial Corp , whose shares have tumbled on concern it might not survive the nation's housing crisis, said on Wednesday it made more loans than expected in the fourth quarter, though foreclosures among loans it services increased.
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With the help of low mortgage rates, sales of both new and existing homes in the country are on track to hit new record highs for all of this year, analysts say.
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Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Wednesday that foreclosures and late payments rose in December to the highest on record, sending its shares tumbling for a second day to their lowest in nearly 13 years.
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U.S. homeowners began the foreclosure  process at a record pace in the first quarter of 2007, largely  due to a sharp rise in previously hot real estate markets such  as California and Florida.
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Lenders launched foreclosure actions against more than one of every 200 U.S. mortgage borrowers in the fourth quarter of 2006, the biggest share of homes at the start of the repossession process on record.
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Mortgage lending hits a record high for the month of January, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
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Countrywide Financial Corp  posted a $1.2 billion third-quarter loss on Friday, but its shares soared after the largest U.S. mortgage lender said it expected to be profitable this quarter and in 2008, and had weathered the worst of the nationwide housing downturn.
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Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Friday it plans to cut 10,000 to 12,000 jobs to cope with weak housing demand, rising foreclosures and tightening credit markets.
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Home foreclosures have set a record in the face of a Fed request to avoid taking homes.
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Countrywide Financial Corp  said on Wednesday it funded $23.4 billion of mortgage loans in December, up 1 percent from November, and that lending activity for the quarter topped its forecast.
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Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, posted a $1.2 billion third-quarter loss on Friday, hurt by write-downs as the U.S. housing market deteriorated.
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Countrywide Financial Corp.'s shares tumbled for the second day Wednesday after the nation's largest mortgage lender said the delinquency and foreclosure rate of home loans in its portfolio surged in December.