SUBPRIME LOSSES LEAD TO DROP IN HOME OWNERSHIP
About 2.4 million holders of subprime mortgage loans made between 1998 and 2006 will lose their properties to foreclosure, according to a report from the Center for Responsible Lending, a non-profit policy and advocacy organization for home owners.
Ref. money.cnn.com/2007/03/27/real_estate/subprime_losses_spike/index.htm
What is going on in the USA? I thought the US was THE place to afford a home and pay for it, or is it that the US citizenry are spending badly and then saying, "Oppsss we forgot to pay the mortgage?"
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Subprime Lending Crisis: Millions of Families Face Losing Their Homes to Foreclosure Subprime loans have led to one million American families losing their homes in the past decade, a new study by the Center for Responsible Lending has found. In the last ten years, the subprime loan industry has emerged as a major, and controversial, player in the housing market. We speak with an attorney at the Center for Responsible Lending. Ref. www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/04/1343214 |
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Mortgage woes 'exceed forecasts'
US sub-prime mortgage losses exceed "the most pessimistic estimates", the Federal Reserve's Ben Bernanke says.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7004923.stm
FDIC TO MORTGAGE SERVICERS: FREEZE ARM RATES
The heat on U.S. mortgage lenders and servicers was turned up a few degrees this week when the country's chief bank regulator publicly proposed that they permanently freeze interest rates on subprime adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) for many homeowners.
Ref. https://money.cnn.com/2007/10/05/real_estat...reeze/index.htm
Report: Subprime Mortgage Crisis Causing African Americans to Experience Greatest Loss of Wealth in Modern U.S. History
A startling new report has predicted the subprime mortgage crisis will cause people of color to lose up to $213 billion, leading to the greatest loss of wealth in modern U.S. history. The figure appears in a new report from United for a Fair Economy called 'Foreclosed: The State of the Dream 2008.' The group accuses mortgage lenders of deliberately targeting the poor and people of color with high-cost loans. We speak with Dedrick Muhammad, co-author of the report.
Ref. https://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/17/repo...mortgage_crisis
FBI investigates sub-prime crisis
The FBI probes 14 firms embroiled in the sub-prime mortgage crisis as it cracks down on improper lending.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7216602.stm
Subprime Lawsuits Already Outpacing S&L Litigation
Even as the stock prices of investment banks began to fall and foreclosures started to rise, everyone knew what was coming next. Lawsuits! So a study released by Navigant Consulting Inc. last week was hardly a shock. The study shows that the number of subprime mortgage-related lawsuits filed in federal courts in the last few months have already outstripped the number of savings and loan (S&L) suits in the early 1990s.
Ref. https://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/NewsAlert...sid=1833&ah=415