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  2. What is a subprime mortgage? - AOL

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    Subprime vs. prime mortgage example. Because subprime mortgages are for borrowers with low credit scores, these loans raise risk for the lender. To make up for that risk, the lender charges higher ...

  3. Subprime mortgage crisis - Wikipedia

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    Subprime mortgages grew from 5% of total originations ($35 billion) in 1994, [92] [93] to 20% ($600 billion) in 2006. [93] [94] [95] Another indicator of a "classic" boom-bust credit cycle was a narrowing of the difference between subprime and prime mortgage interest rates (the "subprime markup") between 2001 and 2007. [96]

  4. Subprime lending - Wikipedia

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    In finance, subprime lending (also referred to as near-prime, subpar, non-prime, and second-chance lending) is the provision of loans to people in the United States who may have difficulty maintaining the repayment schedule. [1] Historically, subprime borrowers were defined as having FICO scores below 600, although this threshold has varied ...

  5. Credit rating agencies and the subprime crisis - Wikipedia

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    Mortgage underwriting standards deteriorated to the point that between 2002 and 2007 an estimated $3.2 trillion in loans were made to homeowners with bad credit and undocumented incomes (e.g., subprime or Alt-A mortgages) [6] and bundled into MBSs and collateralized debt obligations that received high ratings and therefore could be sold to ...

  6. Subprime meltdown creeps toward prime mortgage holders

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    It's no secret that subprime mortgage holders have been feeling the pressure this year. So far we have not heard too much news regarding regular mortgage holders, but a new report is showing that ...

  7. Wells Fargo Eliminates Subprime Mortgage Lending - AOL

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    Getting a subprime, or non-conforming mortgage, just got a lot harder. Wells Fargo, the third-largest bank in the U.S., announced it is closing a division devoted to issuing what they call "non ...