Countrywide is gone.

For those driving out the 101 or 118 in Ventura County you would have seen this already but Bank Of America has rebranded all the Countrywide buildings with the BofA logo. The operation goes further than just putting the new logos on the buildings but eradicating the name across the whole company. Countrywide broker & correspondent formerly found at http://www.cwbc.com redirects you to BofA wholesale. From the LA Times :

Burying the Countrywide name is wise, said Bruce D. Miller, chief executive of Dailey, a West Hollywood advertising firm, whose clients have included several lenders.

"I think it was just too toxic to resuscitate," he said.

Countrywide rumor featured in NMN.

Countrywide is a big part of the local economy, Paul Muolo of the National Mortgage News suggest changes are coming after the Bank of America merger is completed (emphasis added):

So, what's going on with Bank of America's purchase of Countrywide Financial Corporation? We understand that BoA has a three-pronged approach to the merger, calling each milestone a "tollgate." The first tollgate was to assess how CFC conducts business in its different departments and units. The second tollgate involves realigning CFC to how BoA is organized. The third tollgate: Matching up the departments and eliminating redundancies and ways of business that BoA does not like. From what we've been told the CFC/BoA mortgage "brain trust" will remain in Calabasas but certain offices and divisions might be closed. BoA has yet to disclose details. One source suggested that the merger actually might be completed early in the third quarter.

If any major operations are moved from Ventura it will have a dramatic effect. These are good paying jobs and Ventura's economy isn't very diversified.