12/02/07
Filed under:
General,
Real Estate,
Mortgages
Posted by:
Lillian Wong @ 12:08 pm
It’s hard to talk about the mortgage meltdown without mentioning Countrywide Financial Corp. The nation’s largest residential lender, with 22 retail offices in Arizona and a major operations center in Chandler, has become a poster child for the crisis. It fully tapped an $11.5 billion credit line, laid off more than 10,000 workers (including an undisclosed number in Arizona), posted a $1.2 billion loss last quarter and watched roughly 75 percent of its stock-market value evaporate. More…
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