The dramatic rise—and epic fall—of mortgage lender Countrywide.
By 2003, one in eight homebuyers were getting their home loans through Countrywide.
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By 2003, one in eight homebuyers were getting their home loans through Countrywide.
He built Countrywide Financial into the country’s largest mortgage lender, but its increasingly risky loans helped precipitate the 2008 financial crisis.
Former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo has died at 84, according to reports. The housing executive was regarded by many as one of the faces of the financial...
Angelo Mozilo, former chief executive of Countrywide Financial and a key player in the subprime mortgage meltdown that led to the 2008 financial crisis, died Sunday.
(Reuters) - Angelo Mozilo, who propelled Countrywide Financial Corp to become the largest U.S. mortgage lender during the housing boom only to see the...