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2. Subprime mortgage crisis - Wikipedia

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   Among the important catalysts of the subprime crisis were the influx of money from the private sector, the banks entering into the mortgage bond market, government policies aimed at expanding homeownership, speculation by many home buyers, and the predatory lending practices of the mortgage lenders, specifically the adjustable-rate mortgage, 2 ...

3. Government policies and the subprime mortgage crisis

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   t. e. Government policies and the subprime mortgage crisis covers the United States government policies and its impact on the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2009. The U.S. subprime mortgage crisis was a set of events and conditions that led to the 2007–2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession. It was characterized by a rise in ...

4. What is a subprime mortgage? - AOL

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   The difference is that subprime fixed-rate mortgages sometimes have longer terms, such as 40 years, compared to the typical 15 or 30 years for a conventional fixed-rate loan. Subprime adjustable ...

5. 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 ...

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. (AP)

7. Subprime crisis background information - Wikipedia

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   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] By January 2008, the delinquency rate had risen to 21% [21] and by May 2008 it was 25%. [22]