Big picture of The growing mortgage default crisis. Countrywide
Apr.30, 2008 in
Market Outlook
“In the good old days, that was the best loan we had at Countrywide…” John Sipes told the Wall Street Journal. He was reminiscing about Countrywide’s “Fast and Easy” loan (aka “liar loans”), which allowed homebuyers to get a mortgage without any supporting documentation of their incomes. Originally, lenders made these loans only to folks [...]



