Nick Clements, co-founder of the comparison - shopping site MagnifyMoney, said that while credit card companies ventured back
into subprime lending following the crisis, they did so less aggressively than auto lenders.
Anything under 600 can get
you into subprime lending territory, where you really don't want to be.
Not exact matches
«Predatory
subprime auto
lending takes advantage of vulnerable New Yorkers in every corner of our state and often drives people with bad credit further
into debt.
Many consumers are good borrowers that do not fit
into a perfect box so non-prime mortgage loans become very appealing when
subprime mortgage lenders get the flexibility they need from the banks to loosen
lending standards.
But the silver lining, according to some experts, is that the
subprime auto
lending hiccup shouldn't send the economy
into a tailspin.
Smaller banks, pumped up by easy money, rushed
into subprime mortgage, real estate, and leveraged buyout
lending — and they never even attempted to manage the risks.
This led to major shifts in market share, which brought even more lenders
into the world of
subprime lending.
Lehman's decision to shutter the
lending unit, BNC Mortgage, makes it the latest casualty in the
subprime mortgage meltdown that started earlier this year and rippled
into the broader credit markets starting in late July.
REALTORS ® are all about helping people move, but the current
subprime lending crisis has brought
into clear focus the added value we can bring by helping home owners and future home buyers avoid having to move because they can't pay their mortgage.
I don't dive
into why
subprime mortgages expanded or
lending standards fell.
The implosion of the
subprime lending market in residential real estate first began to emerge in February, throwing the debt markets
into a tizzy globally.