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    Introduction Countrywide Financial Corporation projected being the largest real estate mortgage company in the United States. In 1969‚ Angelo Mozilo and his partner David Loeb‚ founded Countrywide in New York with the vision of providing a diversified real estate lending service. The company’s intentions were phenomenal as well as the initial profitability; however‚ unethical behavior took place within the company causing a huge loss. The predatory lending actions relied on fraudulent and misconduct

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    EMBA 683 - Fall 2011 Case: U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis - Policy Reactions 1) What are the causes behind the U.S. Subprime mortgage crisis? Is one cause more responsible than another? The first and more important factor that lead to the subprime mortgage crisis was governments creation of Freddie and Fannie. This move by the government to intercede the private financial industry sector eventually lead to the US government being the largest lender of mortgages in the US. In addition to the

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    Subprime Mortgage in Hong Kong? It has already found  to be very wrong for the government to loan people for "buying" a housing unit (in the US Subprime Crisis). A government is undoubtedly incompetent to run a banking business.  It is highly undesirable to suggest Hong Kong government to follow the fatal suit. Ninja loan has become worldwide famous after the US Subprime Crisis‚ it stands for No Income‚ No Job‚ No Asset. But since the US government pushed to increase the homeownership ratio‚

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    Countrywide Financial September 26‚ 2013 “Countrywide Financial‚” cofounded by Angelo Mozilo‚ was known as one of the most successful financial companies in the beginning of the 21st century. The cofounder had a solid business philosophy; to help low-income individuals and minorities. “Countrywide Financial“ was the largest home loan provider in the United States‚ with one out of six loans provided by the company. Angelo Mozilo believed that every American had the right to own a home

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    presented in the case. Word count: 158 Countrywide Financial began in 1969 and by 2000 was one of the nation’s largest lenders (Ferrell‚ 2010). In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s‚ Countrywide Financial offered subprime mortgage loans. Subprime mortgage loans were loans that were offered to people who would not ordinarily be able to qualify for conventional loans because of income‚ lack of credit or low credit score. Because of the structure of these mortgage loans‚ people found it hard to make payments

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    Countrywide Financial Debacle Countrywide Financial Corporation was a mortgage lending giant founded by Angelo Mozilo and David Loeb in 1969. With a long history‚ it was at the height of its success during the mortgage boom from 1994 – 2006. The mortgage debacle began in 2007 and drastically changed the future of Countrywide Financial. Many issues related to Countrywide’s business practices resulted in the company’s failure as well as the subprime mortgage market collapse as a whole. Countrywide

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    4) Did subprime mortgage loans contribute to the housing bubble? Why did the bubble burst? What were consequences of the housing bust to borrowers‚ loan originators‚ and MBS and CDO holders? Did subprime mortgages contribute to the U.S. financial crisis of 2008? Subprime Mortgage loans did contribute to the bubble and crash but they were just the cards played by the government and the policies that rule them. The department of housing and urban development was pushing national homeownership since

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    Deregulation Created the Subprime Mortgage Crisis The mid-1990s saw an economic revival. What incited this activity was a technology boom like no other. It created a new era of electronics and computing. There were cell phones‚ desktop and laptop computers‚ the Internet‚ electronic games‚ flat panel TVs and major advances in business software and efficiencies. The housing industry was a big benefactor of this new economy. Home prices began to rise again by 1996. The rate of home ownership during

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    Jessica Reupke Case 28 10/9/11 1. Did subprime mortgage loans contribute to the housing bubble? Why did the bubble burst? What were the consequences of the housing bust to borrowers‚ loan originators‚ and MBS and CDO holders?  Subprime mortgage loans contributed to the housing bubble as they enabled the expansion of homeownership by offering loans to a wider variety of borrowers‚ particularly those with a low credit score‚ small down payment‚ or high debt-to-income ratio. This expansion increased

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    recent subprime mortgage crisis? What could they have done differently? An independent auditor has a duty is to: identify‚ measure‚ and communicate financial information about an entity for decision making purposes. They are also responsible for generating the financial statements/reports for an organization. (Marshall‚ McManus‚ Viele‚ 2008) The subprime mortgage crisis is the result of contract laws allowing lenders the securitization of subprime mortgage loans. Other causes of the subprime mortgage

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