Sentences with phrase «because subprime borrowers»

Card issuers and auto lenders may also be taking a cautious approach because subprime borrowers are less likely to be able to tap into home equity in an emergency than they could a decade ago.

Because subprime borrowers present a higher risk for lenders, subprime lenders charge interest rates above the prime lending rate.

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Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

In the recent case of subprime mortgages for example, many borrowers were unnecessarily steered to such mortgages because of easier underwriting guidelines and larger commission checks.

There were prime borrowers who were sold subprime mortgages simply because there was an incentive for the broker to do so.

Borrowers refinancing into FHA from the subprime market are better off, even with slightly higher mortgage insurance premiums, because FHA insurance gives them access to substantially lower interest rates, and lowers their overall mortgage costs.

Borrowers with scores below 620 are sometimes characterized as «subprime,» and because lenders view them as risky, they frequently charge them higher rates — if they'll lend to them at all.

Government mortgage programs offer competitive interest rates for borrowers who would normally have to refinance with a higher rate from a subprime lender because of their low credit scores.

By the way, these were the high - risk loans given to «subprime» borrowers who did not qualify for the best interest rates (because of bad credit, no down payment, etc.).

Because the risk is higher for lending companies to take a chance on subprime borrowers, they are charged higher interest rates for the privilege of getting a loan.

First, with property values on the rise, subprime borrowers were able to gain home equity despite paying less than the fully amortized payment or interest - only payments each month because of the appreciation.

As noted, both the FHA and VA allow subprime borrowers to apply because they accept credit scores well below 620.

All subprime loans function similarly because they're a loan for those borrowers with a high risk of defaulting due to low credit scores, poor or little credit history, a high debt - to - income ratio, or other factors.

In fact, after the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007 - 08, they became known as «liar loans,» because borrowers and lenders were able to exaggerate income and / or assets to qualify the borrower for a bigger mortgage.

Because Alt - As are viewed as somewhat risky (falling somewhere between prime and subprime), interest rates tend to be higher than those of prime mortgages but lower than subprime — somewhere around 5.5 % to 8 %, depending on the lender and the borrower's situation.

Also, they didn't do any subprime lending, because they can't: the definition of a subprime loan is precisely a loan that doesn't meet the requirement, imposed by law, that Fannie and Freddie buy only mortgages issued to borrowers who made substantial down payments and carefully documented their income.

Have you noticed that mortgage brokers started making subprime loans because the credit worthy borrowers already had all the housing they needed for some time to come?

Government lenders have the ability to extend subprime mortgages because they have accumulated reserves from the mortgage insurance that borrowers pay monthly.

Some loan officers may push borrowers into a subprime loan simply because they're easier to get approved and there is often more profit for the loan officer.

This is particularly true because improving credit conditions have allowed lenders to expand issuing to subprime borrowers.

Subprime lending is riskier, because borrowers are more likely to default.

Fratantoni adds that there has been a more growth in the subprime market than in the prime market simply because prime borrowers always have been able to get loans.

No, subprime lenders who have such high risk tolerance do it because they can charge desperate borrowers just about any amount of fees they like in exchange for those two little words, «You're approved.»

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Ben S Bernanke in a speech made at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's 43rd Annual Conference in Chicago in May 2007 said: «Subprime mortgages are loans made to borrowers who are perceived to have high credit risk, often because they lack a strong credit history or have other characteristics that are associated with high probabilities of default.

That's because so many borrowers there, facing high housing costs, turned to risky subprime loans during the boom and now are in trouble as rates reset to levels they can't afford.

The profit margins for those originating subprime FHA mortgages are three or four times as large as those on other mortgages because the borrowers view themselves as dependent on the originator who solicited them.