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Home » Countrywide Subject to Extensive GSE Buyback Demands, But Other Lenders Repurchased More Than Their Shares
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Countrywide Subject to Extensive GSE Buyback Demands, But Other Lenders Repurchased More Than Their Shares

March 1, 2012
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buyback demands on Countrywide mortgages were more than double the amount sought on any other lender, but the key reason is that Countrywide securitized a lot more loans than anyone else from 2006 through 2008. A new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis of representation and warranties disclosures made by the two government-sponsored enterprises shows that some $16.22 billion of Countrywide mortgages were subject to buyback demands, both before and after the company was acquired by Bank of America in 2008. In a distant second place was Wells Fargo...(Includes one data chart)
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