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What does Bank of America’s acquisition of Countrywide Financial mean to those at risk of foreclosure?

Bank of America said Friday it will buy Countrywide Financial for $4.1 billion in stock, a deal that rescues the country’s biggest mortgage lender and expands the financial services empire of the nation’s largest consumer bank.

Nothing at all. A potential acquisition would help the market, because it would show that a very sophisticated investor, like BoA, sees that the rewards of owning CountryWide would outwieght the risk of foreclosures. This type of risk taking, especially by a relatively risk-averse player, would be an indicator that foreclosures are expected to decrease. However, at the individual home-owner level, nothing would change. When you get a mortgage, the contract says that your mortgage may be bought and sold and that the originator may not be the one servicing the loan in the future. In effect, BoA buys the rights to collect your mortgage dollars.

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The Foreclosure Of America: Life Inside Countrywide Home Loans And The Selling Of The American Dream $9.99 Now in paperback-an inside look at Countrywide Home Loans and the mortgage crisis from a former mortgage lender executive. In July 2004 Adam Michaelson attended a high-level meeting at Countrywide Financial headquarters about a new loan product that would allow borrowers to pay less than their minimum monthly payment. The "finance jocks" believed that the booming housing market would only get bigger supporting homeowners in a cycle of borrowing against their houses and refinancing later. They were wrong. And when the bottom dropped out Countrywide suffered the consequences-as did millions of Americans. With an insider’s knowledge and thorough reporting on the impact on American families and the ripple effects on the economy Michaelson examines the marketing of a mirage and the bad business decisions that destroyed a company confronts the ethical questions that have arisen in the wake of the foreclosure crisis and offers creative proposals to prevent such a meltdown from ever happening again.Now in paperback-an inside look at Countrywide Home Loans and the mortgage crisis from a former mortgage lender executive. In July 2004 Adam Michaelson attended a high-level meeting at Countrywide Financial headquarters about a new loan product that would allow borrowers to pay less than their minimum monthly payment. The "finance jocks" believed that the booming housing market would only get bigger supporting homeowners in a cycle of borrowing against their houses and refinancing later. They were wrong. And when the bottom dropped out Countrywide suffered the consequences-as did millions of Americans. With an insider’s knowledge and thorough reporting on the impact on American families and the ripple effects on the economy Michaelson examines the marketing of a mirage and the bad business decisions that destroyed a company confronts the ethical questions that have arisen in the wake of the foreclosure crisis and offers creative proposals to prevent such a meltdown from ever happening again.

Foreclosure Of America: Life Inside Countrywide Home Loans And The Selling Of The American Dream $7.39 Now in paperback-an inside look at Countrywide Home Loans and the mortgage crisis, from a former mortgage lender executive. In July 2004, Adam Michaelson attended a high-level meeting at Countrywide Financial headquarters about a new loan product that would allow borrowers to pay less than their minimum monthly payment. The "finance jocks" believed that the booming housing market would only get bigger, supporting homeowners in a cycle of borrowing against their houses and refinancing later. They were wrong. And when the bottom dropped out, Countrywide suffered the consequences-as did millions of Americans. With an insider’s knowledge and thorough reporting on the impact on American families and the ripple effects on the economy, Michaelson examines the marketing of a mirage and the bad business decisions that destroyed a company, confronts the ethical questions that have arisen in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, and offers creative proposals to prevent such a meltdown from ever happening again.Now in paperback-an inside look at Countrywide Home Loans and the mortgage crisis, from a former mortgage lender executive. In July 2004, Adam Michaelson attended a high-level meeting at Countrywide Financial headquarters about a new loan product that would allow borrowers to pay less than their minimum monthly payment. The "finance jocks" believed that the booming housing market would only get bigger, supporting homeowners in a cycle of borrowing against their houses and refinancing later. They were wrong. And when the bottom dropped out, Countrywide suffered the consequences-as did millions of Americans. With an insider’s knowledge and thorough reporting on the impact on American families and the ripple effects on the economy, Michaelson examines the marketing of a mirage and the bad business decisions that destroyed a company, confronts the ethical questions that have arisen in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, and offers creative proposals to prevent such a meltdown from ever happening again.

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