Kathleen Brown, a former California treasurer and Democratic candidate for governor, has been appointed to the board of directors of Countrywide Financial Corp., Calabasas, Calif.Ms. Brown is currently a senior adviser on public finance for Goldman, Sachs & Co. She has also worked as an attorney in the Capital Markets Group of O'Melveny & Myers and as a member of the Investment Management Group of Bank of America. In the political arena, Ms. Brown was California state treasurer from 1991 through 1994 and was defeated in the 1994 California governor's race by the then-incumbent governor, Pete Wilson. She is the sister of Oakland Mayor and former California Gov. Jerry Brown. Countrywide can be found on the Web at http://www.countrywide.com.
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The founder who was recently ousted as CEO said he wants to return the company to its positive trajectory, after last week's shakeup battered its stock price.
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The lender won its motion for summary judgment just about two months after the court denied a plaintiff's attempt to certify a class of over 50,000 consumers.
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While delinquencies eased overall quarter to quarter, they trended upward on a yearly basis across all loan types, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.
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The seller surplus was a result of sluggish demand as opposed to increased supply. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose every week in July to 6.66%.
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More than a third of listings are below their original ask, with entry-level homes seeing frequent cuts in several metros, Movoto data shows.
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For the first time in six weeks, the 30-year fixed rate mortgage dropped, with observers expecting a steady but challenging housing market for the rest of 2026.
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