Countrywide sued for racial bias in mortgage loans
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Four black homeowners sued Countrywide  Financial Corp.  on Thursday, accusing the largest U.S.  mortgage lender of racial discrimination in its lending  practices.
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Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, plans to cut 10,000 to 12,000 jobs to cope with weakened housing demand, rising foreclosures, and tightening credit markets.
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The home loan unit of Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, is under investigation by Illinois' attorney general over dubious lending practices, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
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Countrywide Financial Corp. said Friday home loan delinquencies and foreclosures rose in January as more borrowers struggled to make their mortgage payments.
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U.S. lenders turned down more black  and Hispanic borrowers for mortgages than white borrowers last  year at a rate comparable to 10 years ago, according to a study  released on Thursday by a consumer advocate group.
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Four black homeowners sued Countrywide Financial Corp.  on Thursday, accusing the largest U.S. mortgage lender of racial discrimination in its lending practices.
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Thornburg Mortgage Inc., the jumbo mortgage specialist sued by the Wachovia Corporation last week, said that it repaid the $5.1 million in collateral that was the basis of the bankâs litigation.
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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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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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The turmoil in the mortgage markets has incited a wave of legal tangles, as homeowners are suing lenders, lenders are suing banks, banks are suing loan specialists. And investors are suing everyone.
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Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, will compensate as many as 4,500 black and Hispanic borrowers under an agreement announced yesterday with New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer.
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The Illinois attorney general has subpoenaed documents from Countrywide Financial, broadening an investigation into lending practices that has already led to a lawsuit against one mortgage broker.
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Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, and non-profit group Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America said on Tuesday they are partnering to help borrowers stay in their homes.
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Blacks and Latinos in the Boston area were denied mortgages at the highest rates since the early 1990s, when minority loan rejections sparked charges of racism in the city's lending industry.
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Countrywide Financial, the nationâs largest mortgage lender, said yesterday that it had lined up $12 billion of financing to help weather a housing slowdown that it expects to lead to widespread layoffs.
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Hundreds of lawsuits are being filed on behalf of borrowers who legal advocates say were shoehorned into homes beyond their means with creative and onerous mortgages.
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Countrywide Financial Corp ,  the battered mortgage lender being acquired by Bank of America  Corp , posted a $422 million fourth-quarter loss on  Tuesday, hurt by mounting defaults in a sinking housing market.