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The Motley Fool
June 29, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
WaMu's Whammy Washington Mutual defines free checking as slamming its shareholders against the boards.   |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Not the Time for Countrywide The news certainly isn't all bad at mortgage giant Countrywide these days. It is a solid company that will likely emerge stronger from the current crisis, but it will take time. |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
Maria Bartiromo |
The Heat On Countrywide Embattled Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo answers critics who claim the lender helped bring on the housing crisis. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2006 |
Your Down-Payment Portion Don't put down 20% on your new home unless it makes sense for you. |
U.S. Banker
December 2001 |
Letters to the Editor Countrywide Not Desperate... Telling It Like It Is... |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2007
Nick Kapur |
Market Buzz: Opportunities in Subprime Lenders Why some in the subprime market may be better off than you think. However, as with the mortgage industry, it can get you into some pretty hairy situations. But the profits are there for those who can see through the panic. |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Countrywide Falls Off the Cliff What a difference a year can make. The embattled mortgage lender has announced a fourth-quarter loss of $422 million, compared with a gain of $622 million for the same period last year. |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Borrow Now or Borrow Never If you're thinking about buying a home, do your homework. Find a lender or mortgage broker early in the process, and get preapproved for a mortgage that will work for you. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2008
Morgan Housel |
R.I.P., Countrywide Bank of America plans on ditching the Countrywide name in favor of its own less-tarnished label. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bank of America Cuddles up to Countrywide After one of the most volatile weeks Countrywide's stock has ever had, Bank of America agrees to purchase it for around $4 billion, or around 90% less than its 52-week high. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Risky Mortgages Still Plentiful Learn a lesson from the current mortgage mess. Mortgage money is still some of the cheapest money available, and can provide a smart financial move, but be careful about creative financing tactics that seem too good to be true. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2006 |
Mortgage Brokers Demystified Mortgage brokers make a lot of sense (and money) for some people. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Welcome Home, Countrywide May your new life be jollier than before. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
40 Years Is a Bad Way to Spell Relief Countrywide and other mortgage companies begin promoting 40-year mortgages. Investors, don't jump into this option without much due diligence. |
U.S. Banker
April 2005
Lee Conrad |
The End of Cheap Money Mortgage rates can't hold out much longer against the steady rate hikes from the Federal Reserve; industry consolidation may follow. |
U.S. Banker
May 2009
Alan Kline |
Will Dismal 2008 Give Way to a Banner 2009? Will historically low mortgage interest rates draw buyers back into the home market? |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Wells Fargo Opens the Vault Wells Fargo announced record earnings on Tuesday, and big banks such as Bank One, U.S. Bancorp, Bank of America, and Washington Mutual have all reported extremely positive results in recent months. |
U.S. Banker
March 2008
Michael Sisk |
Recession or Not, BofA Deal Recommits to Consumer Just weeks after BofA agreed to purchase Countrywide Financial for a price that deeply discounted the value of its mortgage holdings, the Federal Reserve stepped up its aggressive rate cutting, taking some pressure off adjustable-rate mortgages and spurring a refinancing mini boom. |
U.S. Banker
December 2001
Robert A. Bennett |
Gramlich's Words of Warning His suggested caution on subprime mortgage lending should be taken seriously... |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2007
David Meier |
Quick Take: Subprime Scariness The process, not the outcome, is the scary part of the subprime disaster. Who's to blame? The mortgage lenders? The home sellers? The buyers themselves? (Whatever happened to caveat emptor?) |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 11, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
IT Integration and the Bank of America/Countrywide Merger The merger of Bank of America and Countrywide will bring together two companies with very large IT organizations. In the beginning they will probably run the core systems of both companies simultaneously. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
Citi Picks Principal Citigroup purchases Principal Financial Group's mortgage operations unit. |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2006 |
Phantom Profits Countrywide Financial has been among the most aggressive underwriters of option ARMs. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Rumors Send Countrywide to the Chopping Block After shedding about 80% of its value in 2007, Countrywide Financial falls another 25% when rumors of imminent bankruptcy spread. |
BusinessWeek
January 9, 2006
Justin Hibbard |
So Many Lenders, So Few Takers As housing slumps, the roof is falling in on the overbuilt mortgage industry. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Mortgaging Someone Else's Future Cendant's CEO Henry Silverman has a knack for timing industry trends. Now, he wants to back out of the mortgage business. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bank of America Takes a Bath While still ugly at best, Bank of America's performance for the quarter ranks near the top of its peers. The fact that the company has been able to stay profitable during this challenging period is a feat of its own. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Fannie Mae's Return Policy Fannie Mae is going to start honing in on mortgages it bought that disintegrated, retracing the steps to look for any fraudulent lending practices by the lender who originated the loan, and -- if there was an issue -- going back to retrieve some of the loss. |
U.S. Banker
October 2001
Paul Muolo |
Subprime Hot Potato Subprime lending certainly has become a hot potato. While offering potentially high profits, it also carries with it a two-pronged threat. First, losses may mushroom if the economy takes a dive, as many expect. And these loans haven't been stress-tested... |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Clouds Gather Over Countrywide The problems continue and that doesn't look good, in Bank of America's eyes. |
BusinessWeek
March 26, 2007
Maria Bartiromo |
Inside The Mortgage Crisis CEO Angelo Mozilo says Countrywide Financial should not be lumped in with the subprime outfits that are getting hammered. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Going Back to the Wells Fargo This huge bank may not be quite as risky as investors think. The bank has the power to grow a little faster than its peers in the coming years. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2003
Carla Pasternak |
Is KB Home Built to Last? KB Home's shares may fall as interest rates rise. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Countrywide Still Growing Mortgage business teetering? No way. Naturally, there's no guarantee that Countrywide will keep inching higher. Investors, the climate can change in a hurry. Take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
A Farewell to ARMs? Adjustable-rate mortgage rates haven't behaved the way they should -- and that's bad news both for borrowers and for policymakers trying to restore stability to the financial system. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Early Christmas for Mortgage Borrowers There's some good news on the mortgage front for a change. Lending has not come to a grinding halt. In fact, for those who have good credit and qualify for standard fixed-rate loans, mortgages have actually gotten more affordable. |
U.S. Banker
July 2008
Paul Muolo |
The Year of Living Dangerously: Banks Cope with Fallout Subprime-origination volumes were hammered last year after concerns about delinquencies, credit quality and declining home values ravished the market. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Freezing Mortgage Rates Is Not the Answer People who shouldn't have qualified for a mortgage got their keys to a piece of the American dream. But now the bill is coming due. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Buffett's Buying What? Speculation abounds that Buffett's on a binge. Here is the lowdown on the hype. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Wachovia: California Dreaming This North Carolina-based bank makes trips to the left coast for acquisitions. Should investors be worried? |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
HBC Makes a Courtesy Flush All of those subprime loans from the last few years are getting ready to wreak havoc. How this story continues to play out for HSBC and other banks will be very interesting to watch. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
Which Companies Are Swimming Naked Right Now? Sometimes, things are even uglier than they appear in the banking sector. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
Christopher Palmeri |
Lenders Switch On Their Back-Up Systems After one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders announced earnings 17% below expectations, investors wondered if the nation's three-year-long mortgage bonanza might end not with a soft landing but with an earnings-pummeling thud. |
U.S. Banker
October 2008
John Adams |
DoJ's Open Season on Subprime The Department of Justice is suing Countrywide over allegations of abuse in bankruptcy and foreclosure processes |
This Old House
Mary Jo Patterson |
11 Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure Worried you won't be able to make your mortgage payments? Protect your home and your investment with this expert advice |
BusinessWeek
December 11, 2006
Mara Der Hovanesian |
A Farewell To ARMs? Not Quite Yet New classes of lenders are jumping in to offer high-risk mortgages. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2007
John Rosevear |
Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Subprime Symptoms Starting to Spread? It seems that subprime mortgage difficulties have already started to spread. There will almost certainly be a more protracted softness for housing than we might have anticipated as recently as the final quarter of last year. |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Cendant Steals Home Holding on to its home mortgage stronghold may be Cendant's best move. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Rate Cut Means Refi Madness Mortgages are almost at record low rates. Does this mean we will return to the days of easy money? |
