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Countrywide Financial Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/07 – EX-23

On: Friday, 2/29/08, at 5:04pm ET · For: 12/31/07 · Accession #: 1047469-8-2104 · File #: 1-12331-01

  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 2/29/08  Countrywide Financial Corp        10-K       12/31/07   29:5.4M                                   Merrill Corp/New/FA

Annual Report — Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

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 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   3.64M 
 2: EX-4.39     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     65K 
16: EX-10.108A  Material Contract                                   HTML    252K 
17: EX-10.108B  Material Contract                                   HTML     15K 
18: EX-10.108C  Material Contract                                   HTML     32K 
19: EX-10.109A  Material Contract                                   HTML    244K 
20: EX-10.109B  Material Contract                                   HTML     32K 
21: EX-10.109C  Material Contract                                   HTML     31K 
22: EX-10.112   Material Contract                                   HTML     21K 
 3: EX-10.22    Material Contract                                   HTML     16K 
 4: EX-10.25    Material Contract                                   HTML     14K 
 5: EX-10.26    Material Contract                                   HTML     16K 
 6: EX-10.51    Material Contract                                   HTML     14K 
 7: EX-10.52    Material Contract                                   HTML     14K 
 8: EX-10.53    Material Contract                                   HTML     25K 
 9: EX-10.54    Material Contract                                   HTML     26K 
10: EX-10.67    Material Contract                                   HTML     27K 
11: EX-10.68    Material Contract                                   HTML     34K 
12: EX-10.92    Material Contract                                   HTML     20K 
13: EX-10.94    Material Contract                                   HTML     17K 
14: EX-10.95    Material Contract                                   HTML     19K 
15: EX-10.99    Material Contract                                   HTML     13K 
23: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     27K 
24: EX-21       Subsidiaries of the Registrant                      HTML     54K 
25: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     16K 
26: EX-31.1     Certification per Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Section 302)  HTML     17K 
27: EX-31.2     Certification per Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Section 302)  HTML     17K 
28: EX-32.1     Certification per Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Section 906)  HTML     14K 
29: EX-32.2     Certification per Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Section 906)  HTML     14K

EX-23 — Consent of Experts or Counsel
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EXHIBIT 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Countrywide Financial Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-147438, 333-131707; 333-131707-01; 333-131707-02; 333-131707-03; 333-114270; 333-114270-01; 333-114270-02; 333-114270-03; 333-72484; 333-06473) on Form S-3 and (Nos. 333-142887, 333-136401; 333-118363; 333-112994; 333-107649; 333-106560; 333-73089; 333-75990; 333-47096; 333-47128; 333-87417; 333-66095; 333-08638; 33-69498; and 33-17271) on Form S-8 of Countrywide Financial Corporation of our reports dated February 28, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Countrywide Financial Corporation as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders' equity, and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and all related financial statement schedules, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, which reports appear in the December 31, 2007, Annual Report on Form 10-K of Countrywide Financial Corporation. Our report on the aforementioned financial statements and schedules refers to the adoption of FASB Interpretation 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes ("FIN 48"), Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123R, Share-Based Payment (as amended); SFAS No. 156, Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets, an amendment of SFAS No. 140 and SFAS No. 158, Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans.