In this situation, you should consider commercial mortgage companies that
specialize in subprime lending, or look for bridge, soft or hard money loans.
In an interview with CNBC on Monday, Watters said, «FHA requirements are down to a 520 FICO (credit score) and you only have to put 3.5 % down; that's subprime lending, and we're
not in the subprime lending business.»
For example, the revival of investor
interest in subprime lending bodes well for the OneMain Financial unit, currently inside Citi Holdings.
One of the many charges against Navient was that they were
engaging in subprime lending with borrowers they knew would likely default on the loans.
Remember, our state was arguably the hardest hit by the mortgage crisis, and much of that was because California participated
heavily in the subprime lending phenomenon throughout 2001 to 2007.
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission formed by the US Congress in 2009 to investigate the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, concluded «the CRA was not a significant
factor in subprime lending or the crisis».
«The consumer credit markets have been functioning extremely well the last few years, but an
increase in subprime lending has begun to impact delinquency levels for some industries, specifically the auto finance and credit card markets,» said TransUnion's Nidhi Verma in a news release.
«FHA requirements are down to a 520 FICO (credit score) and you only have to put 3.5 % down; that's subprime lending, and we're
not in the subprime lending business,» CNBC quotes Watters saying.
Here at Auto Credit Express we work with dealerships that specialize
in subprime lending.
«We geared up with staff that specializes
in subprime lending,» Eisner said.
The first two months of 2018 showed a 9 percent decrease in new car sales to
those in the subprime lending category.