Louis San Antonio San Francisco San Jose Seattle South Florida Tampa Bay Washington, D. During an investor conference Tuesday in New York, the bank's president of global and small-business banking cited the deteriorating housing markets in California, Florida and, to a lesser degree, Phoenix and Las Vegas. Countrywide, the nation's largest mortgage lender, recently reported a first-quarter net loss of $893 million, or $1. In the same period last year, Countrywide posted a profit of $434 million, or 72 cents per diluted share. Read More