Countrywide says foreclosures hit record
179562
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, though it made more loans than expected in the fourth quarter.
561984
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.
718213
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.
623349
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.
270822
Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, on Tuesday offered to refinance or restructure up to $16 billion of adjustable-rate mortgages through the end of 2008.
285449
Countrywide Financial Corp   said on Wednesday it helped more than 81,000 borrowers stay in  their residences and avert possible foreclosures in 2007, by  either modifying or otherwise restructuring their home loans.
230929
WASHINGTON -- The number of homeowners receiving foreclosure notices hit a record high in the spring, driven up by problems with subprime mortgages.
518115
Three African-American mortgage borrowers from Boston accused Countrywide Home Loans Inc. of racial discrimination in a federal lawsuit yesterday, saying the nation's largest home lender charged them more for subprime mortgages than it charged white borrowers in similar financial situations.
627481
LOS ANGELES - A former executive at mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. was charged yesterday with insider trading after he sold stock before the company disclosed negative earning results three years ago, regulators said.
700103
Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Thursday it has lined up $12 billion of financing to help weather a housing slowdown that will lead to widespread layoffs.
283443
Countrywide Financial Corp. said Friday home loan delinquencies and foreclosures rose in January as more borrowers struggled to make their mortgage payments.
681026
Countrywide Financial systematically led people to high-cost mortgages that were not suited for them, some former employees say.
512146
The number of Americans who may lose their homes to foreclosure reached a record in the second quarter as late payments by subprime borrowers surged to one of every seven loans.
704714
The pace of foreclosure starts hit a record last quarter, but the Mortgage Bankers Association says the numbers are skewed by four large states.
530485
The percentage of mortgages entering foreclosure rose to a record level during the three months that ended June 30, according to a survey released today.
536011
Massachusetts experienced the second-biggest increase in foreclosure activity in the country last month, according to a report yesterday from a firm that tracks the housing market.
578003
Countrywide Financial Corp ,  the largest U.S. mortgage lender, on Tuesday offered to  refinance or restructure up to $16 billion of adjustable-rate  mortgages through the end of 2008.