| Subprime Production up at Countrywide
Home equity fundings edge down November 12, 2003 By MortgageDaily.com staff |
| Subprime production at Countrywide continued to defy it’s overall fundings.
National mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corporation reported subprime fundings of $2.4 billion in October. The total is up slightly from September’s $2.2 billion, and more than double the $1.0 billion a year ago. Home equity fundings of $1.8 billion nudged down from $1.9 billion the prior month. Last October, this sector had a volume of $1.1 billion, according to the company’s report. Meanwhile, “a continued slowing of refinance activity in the market place” contributed to the “expected” decrease in overall loan fundings, which fell from September’s $33 billion mark to $29 billion, reported the Calabasas-based lender. |
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