Top Lender Sees Mortgage Woes for âGoodâ Risks
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Countrywide Financial, the nationâs largest mortgage lender, issued a pessimistic outlook of the housing market, helping to ignite a sell-off in the stock market.
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As mortgage defaults rise, more houses are being put up for auction  -  and more people are seeing a chance to make big bucks. But there are risks
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Troubles buffeting the U.S. mortgage market could get worse as resurgent crude oil prices squeeze the finances of already hard-pressed borrowers, analysts say, and that could spell more trouble for Wall Street.
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Business & money: Analysts fear worse figures are on the way after lenders repossess 27,000 homes
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Halifax yesterday became the the first major lender to predict widespread falls in house prices across Britain next year. Reporting that house prices fell again last month, Britain&#39;s biggest mortgage lender
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US stocks fall on Thursday after the country's largest mortgage lender warns of a possible recession.
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Experts have warned all year that a slowing U.S. economy and rising borrowing costs would lead to an increase in bad loans by homeowners and other borrowers.
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The nationâs largest mortgage lender and loan servicer reported a $1.2 billion loss in the third quarter of 2007 but said that it expected to return to profitability by the end of the year.
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Countrywide Financial Corp., its stock pummeled this week by rumors of bankruptcy and lackluster housing market forecasts, said Wednesday the percentage of borrowers who missed payments on home loans last month rose, signaling worsening trouble for the nation's largest mortgage lender and for the entire mortgage sector.
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Home builders and financial issues,  the biggest casualties of the subprime lending meltdown, were  hit again by tax-motivated selling in recent weeks but could  rebound a bit early in the new year, money managers said on  Monday.
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The chief executive of Freddie Mac   warned that the U.S. economy faces a 40 percent to 45  percent risk of recession induced by the housing market  downturn, the Financial Times reported on its Web site.
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The panic engulfing mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC, Britain's fifth largest lender, may mark a watershed in the British economy by undermining the confidence of investors and consumers.
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H&R Block looks to put its subprime woes behind it.
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Troubles in mortgageland may get  worse before they get better, especially for the so-called  &quot;subprime&quot; borrowers whose spotty credit histories put them  into more costly loans.
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A housing charity warns that thousands of homeowners are struggling to repay their mortgages.
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Economists say mortgage market troubles could, all told, cost financial firms and investors up to $400 billion.
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The chairman of Lowe&#39;s Cos. Inc.  , the second-largest U.S. home improvement retailer,  warned on Tuesday that problems in the subprime mortgage sector  may hurt its business in some areas.