Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. provides residential loans through the Internet and call center in the United States. The company originates, purchases, securitizes, sells, and services residential loans. It originates mortgage loans primarily through relationships with real estate agents and builders, mortgage loan brokers and other financial intermediaries, as well as working with relocation companies and corporate relocation departments to provide loans to relocating employees of various companies. The company purchases mortgage loans from other lenders, which include mortgage bankers, commercial banks, savings and loan associations, home builders, and credit unions. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Calabasas, California. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. is a subsidiary of Countrywide Financial Corp.