Rule 424(b)(3)
File Nos. 333-66467 and 333-66467-01
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 17 DATED June 14, 1999
(To Prospectus Dated November 10, 1998, as Supplemented November 10, 1998)
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES H
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY
COUNTRYWIDE CREDIT INDUSTRIES, INC.
FIXED RATE NOTES
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Trade Date: June 14, 1999 Book Entry: |X|
Issue Price: 100% Certificated: |_|
Original Issue Date: June 25, 1999 Principal Amount: $ 10,000,000
Stated Maturity Date: June 25, 2014 Net Proceeds: $ 9,767,400
Interest Rate: 7.25% Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars
Exchange Rate Agent: N/A
Agent: Countrywide Securities Corporation
Minimum Denomination: $1,000
Interest Payment Dates: Monthly on the 25th of the month, commencing
July 25, 1999
Record Dates: Monthly on the 10th of the month
Redemption: Repayment:
Check box opposite applicable paragraph: Check box opposite applicable
paragraph:
| | The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to |X| The Notes cannot be repaid prior
maturity. to maturity.
|X| The Notes may be redeemed prior to |_| The Notes may be repaid prior to
maturity. maturity.
Initial Redemption Date: June 25, 2003 Optional Repayment Dates:
Initial Redemption Percentage:
Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction,
if any:
Additional/Other Terms: The Notes may be redeemed at any time following
the Initial Redemption Date upon 10 business days'
notice to the Holder.
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The Notes to which this Pricing Supplement relates will be
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of CHL and will rank
equally with CHL's other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness. As of February 28, 1999, the Guarantor did not have
any secured indebtedness outstanding and CHL had $87,635
aggregate principal amount of secured indebtedness outstanding.
As of that date, CHL had $8,216,382 aggregate principal amount of
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness outstanding, which
indebtedness ranked equally with CHL's other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness and will rank equally with the Notes
to which this Pricing Supplement relates.