On the recordMarch 18, 2013
But excuse me. Countrywide was being forced to write terrible loans even as their market share grew much more dramatically than Fannie Mae because of the affordable housing goals.
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Reed highlights the pressures on Countrywide to issue poor loans due to housing goals.
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