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Articles Tagged With 'Countrywide'

Ex-Countrywide Execs’ Firm Modifies Bad Loans for Taxpayer Cash

PennyMac's managers, once in the business of high-risk mortgages, now stand to profit from their failure.

Subprime Companies Line Up for Gov’t Mortgage Plan

The federal program to modify home loans is paying companies that helped bring on the foreclosure crisis in the first place.

Bankruptcy Judges, Justice Dept. Rip Mortgage Companies

Complaints about loan servicers have soared in recent years, and bankruptcy cases are exposing the breadth of the problems.

Homeowners Seeking Gov’t Loan Mods Are Fed Up

As the number of foreclosures rises, banks are struggling to keep up with demands for mortgage breaks.

Big Banks Ramp Up Mortgage Mod Program

More than $13 billion has been committed so far in Making Home Affordable, Obama's program to avoid foreclosures.

Dodd Releases Mortgage Docs, Sort of