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Exhibit 10.52

        AMENDMENT made this 1st day of November, 2007 to the [Option Agreement
Name] ("Option Agreement") dated [2005 Grant Date] between Countrywide Financial
Corporation (the "Company") and you (the "Optionee").

W  I  T  N  E  S  S  E  T  H:

        WHEREAS, the Optionee and the Company have previously entered into the
Option Agreement; and

        WHEREAS, the Optionee and the Company desire to extend the exercise term
of the Option Agreement as described below.

        NOW, THEREFORE, the Optionee and the Company agree to amend the Option
Agreement, effective November 1, 2007, as follows:

        1.     The last sentence of Section 1 of the Option Agreement is amended
in its entirety to read as follows:

        "The Option shall expire at 5:00 p.m., central time, on the sixth
anniversary of the Grant Date (the "Expiration Date").

        2.     As amended by this Amendment, the Option Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, by signing below, the Optionee acknowledges
acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Amendment and understanding of the
potential tax implications.

    [Employee Name]:
 
 
    

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Exhibit 10.52