Business news Ventura County Star (subscription), CA - ... Countrywide Financial Corp., which sells and invests in home loans , said Wednesday its September mortgage loan fundings dropped 22 percent as the pace of home ...

In other business news Buffalo News, United States - ... Ginnie Mae, which offers mortgage -backed securities guaranteed by the federal government, sees a growing market for reverse loans as the US population ...

Bear Stearns boosts mortgage business Financial News Online US, UK - ... a senior managing director in the mortgage department at Bear ... a substantial stake in the subprime lending business. Bear Stearns has been buying loans from ECC ...