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2. What is a subprime mortgage? - AOL

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   Other options you might want to consider besides a subprime home loan include: FHA loans – If your credit score is at least 580, consider an FHA loan with a down payment of 3.5 percent. If your ...

3. Government policies and the subprime mortgage crisis

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   One study, by a legal firm which counsels financial services entities on Community Reinvestment Act compliance, found that CRA-covered institutions were less likely to make subprime loans (only 20–25% of all subprime loans), and when they did the interest rates were lower. The banks were half as likely to resell the loans to other parties. [114]

4. Subprime lending - Wikipedia

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   These loans are characterized by higher interest rates, poor quality collateral, and less favorable terms in order to compensate for higher credit risk. [3] During the early to mid-2000s, many subprime loans were packaged into mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and ultimately defaulted, contributing to the financial crisis of 2007–2008. [4]

5. Subprime crisis background information - Wikipedia

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   The value of U.S. subprime mortgages was estimated at $1.3 trillion as of March 2007, [18] with over 7.5 million first-lien subprime mortgages outstanding. [19] Approximately 16% of subprime loans with adjustable rate mortgages (ARM) were 90-days delinquent or in foreclosure proceedings as of October 2007, roughly triple the rate of 2005. [20]

6. Zero-down mortgages are back sparking fears of being the new ...

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   A new “zero-down” mortgage purchase program has sparked concern within the industry, due to similarities with the disastrous subprime loans that contributed to the 2008 housing market crash.

7. Credit rating agencies and the subprime crisis - Wikipedia

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   source: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States, p.229, figure 11.4 Credit rating agencies came under scrutiny following the mortgage crisis for giving investment-grade, "money safe" ratings to securitized mortgages (in the form of securities known as mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations ...