Search for Countrywide REO and Bank of America REO
If we compare the assets of banks, then we can say, that the greatest bank is Bank of America.
Almost everybody have heard about Countrywide Financial - the institution that obtained a loan of more then 4,1 billions US dollars, and finally caused for a mortgage crisis. Exactly the Bank of America invested the money in stock capital of Countrywide Financial.
Finally in summer 2008 BofA became an official owner of this huge bank and turned into the most powerful mortgage lender in the USA. This transaction was very successful - on one hand Countrywide Financial avoided the bankruptcy, on the other hand Bank of America got more power as a financial institution.
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Just imagine, that this transaction let the BofA have its own part in 25% of home loans in the United States. This case is just one example out of thousands of cases, when bank gets substantial advantages after dealing with trouble lenders. These loans are also known as subprime loans, of course this situation attracted a lot of attention, all owners of subprime loans were investigated. The main source of financial resources for loans is the money saved on deposit accounts by clients. But Countrywide Financial acts in different way, it takes loans on the Wall Street, so it gets amount of money enough to invest it in mortgages, and finally sell these loans on mortgage market.
These transactions are repeated again and again, which gives a chance the investors and borrowers get their profit. This cycle worked great until we faced the mortgage crisis. After becoming the owner of Countrywide Financial the Bank of America got under its control over 5800 branches located in 31 different states in US.
More over Bank of America controls 700 loan offices and 200 banking centres situated all over the United States of America.
Taking into consideration that a lot of borrowers loose their real estate at the end, this investment is highly successful deal for Countrywide Financial executives.
The next step of BofA will allow around 260 thousand borrowers with bed debts keep their real estate. It will happen due to modifying more then 40 billion US dollars of mortgages. All this is supposed to to be held during the following two years. A rising amount of borrowers with bad debts results into increase of Countrywide REO homes number.
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