CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

          We have  issued our report  dated  April 28,  2000,  accompanying  the
          consolidated financial statements and schedules included in the Annual
          Report of  Countrywide  Credit  Industries,  Inc. on Form 10-K for the
          year ended February 29, 2000. We hereby  consent to the  incorporation
          by  reference  of  said  report  in  the  Registration  Statements  of
          Countrywide Credit  Industries,  Inc. on Form S-3 (File No. 333-06473,
          effective June 21, 1996; File No. 33-59559 and 33-59559-01,  effective
          June 26, 1995 and as amended on March 26, 1997;  File No. 333-3835 and
          333-3835-01,  effective  August 2, 1996 and amended on March 26, 1997;
          File No.  333-14111,  333-14111-01,  333-14111-02,  and  333-14111-03,
          effective  December  10,  1996;  File  No.  333-31529,   333-31529-01,
          effective  August  12,  1997;  File No.  333-58125  and  333-58125-01,
          effective  July 16, 1998;  and File No.  333-66467  and  333-66467-01,
          effective  November  10,  1998)  and on Form S-8  (File  No.  33-9231,
          effective  October 20, 1986,  as amended on February 19, 1987,  and as
          amended on December 20, 1988; File No.  33-17271,  effective  December
          20, 1987;  File No.  33-42625,  effective  September 6, 1991; File No.
          33-56168,   effective  December  22,  1992;  and  File  No.  33-69498,
          effective  September 28, 1993; as  supplemented on September 28, 1996;
          File No.  333-66095,  effective  October 23, 1998; File No. 333-73089,
          effective March 1, 1999; File No. 333-87417,  effective  September 20,
          1999) and on Form S-4  (File No.  333-37047,  effective  November  19,
          1997).



Los Angeles, California
April 28, 2000