Countrywide V.I.P. List - National Business News

1. Christopher Dodd

U.S. senator (Democrat, Connecticut); chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

1. May 3, 2002
Loan type: Refinance
Amount: $388,991
Rate: 7.38 percent
Property: Washington townhouse

2. June 16, 2003
Loan type: Refinance
Amount: $275,042
Rate: 4.5 percent
Property: Residence, East Haddam, Connecticut
V.I.P. Treatment: Three-eighths of a point waived, or $2,000; received free float-down from 4.875 percent to 4.5 percent

3. July 9, 2003
Loan type: Refinance
Amount: $506,000
Rate: 4.25 percent
Property: Washington townhouse
V.I.P. Treatment: One-fourth of a point waived, about $700; received free float-down from 4.875 percent to 4.25 percent

2. Kent Conrad

U.S. senator (Democrat, North Dakota); member, Senate Finance Committee

1. March 15, 2004
Loan type: Refinance
Amount: $1.07 million
Rate: 4.88 percent
Property: Bethany Beach, Maryland, vacation home
V.I.P. Treatment: One point waived, equivalent to $10,700

2.
Loan type: Refinance
Property: Bismarck, North Dakota, eight-unit rental building (investment property)
V.I.P. Treatment: Countrywide waived its policy of only funding mortgages for buildings with four units or less

3. Clinton Jones III

Senior counsel, House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity

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Amount: $101,800
V.I.P. Treatment: Five-eighths of a point waived, equivalent to $625

4. Alphonso Jackson

Former secretary, Housing and Urban Development

1. August 18, 2003
Loan type: Refinance
Amount: $346,331
Rate: 4.38 percent
Property: Townhouse, Alexandria, Virginia

2. January 21, 2004
Loan type: Purchase
Amount: $308,000
Rate: 5.00 percent
Property: Vacation home, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

5. James Johnson

Former C.E.O., Fannie Mae

1. May 30, 2003
Loan type: Refinance
Amount: $1.27 million
Rate: 4.25 percent
V.I.P. Treatment: 1.875 points waived; about $24,000

2. June 24, 2003
Loan type: Refinance
Amount: $971,650
Rate: 3.88 percent
V.I.P. Treatment: 1.375 points waived; about $13,000

3. October 17, 2002
Loan type: Refinance
Amount: $1.28 million
Rate: 5.00 percent
Property: Primary residence

4. October 21, 2002
Loan type: Refinance
Amount: $975,900
Rate: 5.00 percent

5. February 9, 2004
Loan type: Purchase
Amount: $3.04 million
Rate: 4.38 percent
Property: Vacation home
V.I.P. Treatment: Home exceeded limit for second-home mortgage