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Countrywide adds arm offerings. (Business Alert).


COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic.

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., CALabasas, California, has substantially expanded its adjustable-rate mortgage offerings. Through all its production channels, Countrywide now offers a variety of ARMs based on several different indexes, including the Cost of Funds Index A Cost of Funds Index or COFI is a regional average of interest expenses incurred by financial institutions, which in turn is used as a base for calculating variable rate loans.  (COFI COFI Cost of Funds Index
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), London Inter Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR LIBOR

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), Monthly Treasury Average (MTA), prime rate and Treasury. These additional loan products open a wide new market to Countrywide, which has traditionally focused more of its attention on offering highly competitive rates and services with its fixed-rate loans and hybrid ARMs, according to the company.
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Date:Jul 1, 2002
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