TALLAHASSEE - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is set to discuss details of a lawsuit against Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender. ...more

July 1, 2008

Countrywide Financial Corp. said Friday that home loan delinquencies and foreclosures rose in January as more borrowers struggled to make their mortgage payments. ...more

February 16, 2008

A fourth-quarter $422 million loss reported by Countrywide Financial Corp. on Tuesday did not appear to scare off Bank of America. ...more

January 30, 2008

after propping it up with $2 billion in August - to become the nation's largest mortgage lender. ...more

January 12, 2008

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 rose last month, signaling worsening trouble for the nation's largest mortgage lender and the entire mortgage sector. ...more

January 10, 2008

Shares of Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, sank to an all-time low Tuesday as a major home builder offered a grim outlook for the industry and amid signals that the Bush administration is growing more concerned about rising mortgage defaults. ...more

January 9, 2008

The CEO of Fannie Mae, the largest financer and guarantor of U.S. home loans, predicted Tuesday that the housing market downturn is likely to persist into 2010. ...more

January 9, 2008

The U.S. Trustee has launched an inquiry into Countrywide Financial Corp.'s claims against two South Florida borrowers seeking bankruptcy protection to determine whether actions of the nation's largest mortgage lender "threatened an abuse of the bankruptcy system." ...more

November 29, 2007

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. ...more

October 27, 2007

Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, said Tuesday that it will begin calling borrowers to offer refinancing or modifications on $16 billion in loans with interest rates set to adjust by the end of 2008. ...more

October 24, 2007