Possibly millions of borrowers, many of them minority and low income, who took out subprime
loans during the housing boom and are seeing the interest rate on their loans reset upward, face higher payments than they can afford.
Wells Fargo & Co. faces the largest fine ever imposed by the Federal Reserve over charges that the mortgage lending giant steered borrowers toward higher - priced
loans during the housing boom.
Not exact matches
During the
housing boom, there were plenty of lenders offering a variety of non-conforming mortgage
loans.
During the «anything - goes» days of the U.S.
housing boom, 97 % mortgage
loans were widely available to home buyers.
Over the years, cash - out refi
loans took a bad rap, especially
during the
housing boom, when too many homeowners relied on the method to stay above water.
During the
housing boom, a lot of lenders were using «stated income»
loans to attract borrowers, particularly those with unconventional (or even insufficient) income.
During the «anything - goes» days of the U.S.
housing boom, 97 % mortgage
loans were widely available to home buyers.
While others participated in investor - owned markets or were exposed to exotic mortgages such as option - ARMs and interest - only
loans, and while some tolerated lax underwriting standards, FHA stuck to the basics
during the
housing boom: 30 - year, fixed rate traditional
loan products with standard underwriting requirements.
This wasn't an issue
during the
housing boom, when they were giving mortgage
loans to anyone with a pulse.
During the
housing boom in the early to mid-2000s, underwriting standards were comparatively loose, allowing many people to take out home
loans even though they lacked the means to repay them.
However,
during the
housing boom that percentage spiked to 21 percent of all
loans between years 2004 to 2006.
Repurchase demands for
loans originally sold off
during the
housing boom are in the billions of dollars for many lenders — and still growing.
During the
housing boom, there were plenty of lenders offering a variety of non-conforming mortgage
loans.
During the
housing boom, a lot of lenders were using «stated income»
loans to attract borrowers, particularly those with unconventional (or even insufficient) income.
It's hard to get a mortgage
loan today, when compared to the days of easy credit
during the
housing boom.
You've probably heard people joke that,
during the
housing boom, anyone with a pulse could get a mortgage
loan.
During the
housing boom years, most lenders were offering
loans with down payments as low as 5 %.
During the
housing boom, mortgage lenders often enticed borrowers with home
loans that required zero or low down payments.
During the height of the
housing boom, it was pretty easy to get a home
loan with no down payment.
During the
housing boom, you could circumvent many of these requirements by using one of several «exotic» mortgage products, such as the stated - income or no - documentation («no doc»)
loan.
A few years ago, anyone with a pulse could qualify for a home
loan as lenders recklessly lowered their standards
during the
housing boom.
The shutdown of mortgage bond markets that financed many risky borrowers
during the
housing boom has also made it harder to refinance into affordable
loans, they added.
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.
«For the year, the median down payment for
loans secured by single - family homes and condos was 6 percent of the median sales price nationwide, the lowest down payment percentage since 2012, but still close to twice the 3.3 percent in 2006
during the last
housing boom.»
During the «anything - goes» days of the U.S.
housing boom, 97 % mortgage
loans were widely available to home buyers.
Alluding to the excesses in mortgage originations
during the
housing boom and the subsequent mortgage crisis, the president touted the rules that are now in place to protect households from taking out
loans for which they don't have the ability to repay.
Lenders are no longer tripping over one another to hand 100 percent
loan - to - value
loans to borrowers as they did
during the
housing boom.
Even as median home values close in on peak levels reached
during the
housing boom, some people still face a long wait before returning to a positive balance on their home
loans.»
During the
housing boom, a lot of mortgage
loans seemed too good to be true.
You've probably heard people joke that,
during the
housing boom, anyone with a pulse could get a mortgage
loan.
During the
housing boom, mortgage lenders were using these
loans to entice buyers.
During the
housing boom, FHA
loans only accounted for about 5 % of total mortgage activity.
During the
housing boom, there were plenty of lenders offering a variety of non-conforming mortgage
loans.
Lending Standards Loosen Up Getting a mortgage these days is obviously not as easy as it was
during the
housing boom, when pretty much anyone could get a
loan.
It is possible, but mortgage underwriting is far more strict today than
during the
housing boom, and there are varying waiting periods before former homeowners who went through foreclosure can qualify for a new
loan.