Not exact matches
About the U.S. Credit Conditions section The U.S. Credit Conditions section of the New York Fed's website
offers interactive maps, as well as data on major forms of household credit such as installment
loans, auto and student
loan delinquencies, foreclosures,
mortgage delinquencies and
mortgage «roll» rates for
subprime and alt - A
mortgages.
Subprime loans were
mortgages with higher interest rates than conventional
mortgages offered to people with low incomes or poor credit or who simply failed to shop around and understand they qualified for better rates.
On a recent day, they
offered interest rates of 6.99 % to 8.99 % on one type of
subprime mortgage and
loan approvals within four hours.
As an Alt - A lender, IndyMac's business model was to
offer loan products to fit the borrower's needs, using an extensive array of risky option - adjustable - rate -
mortgages (option ARMs),
subprime loans, 80/20
loans, and other nontraditional products.
Proponents of
subprime lending realized the demand for homeownership and refinancing despite imperfect credit and jumped on this untapped customer base,
offering similar, if not more aggressive
mortgage loan programs at a premium.
«Unlike the
subprime loans of the past, we offer loan products not typically offered by banks but with reasonable mortgage rates and fees,» said Raymond Eshaghian, president and founder of GreenBox Loans in Los Ang
loans of the past, we
offer loan products not typically
offered by banks but with reasonable
mortgage rates and fees,» said Raymond Eshaghian, president and founder of GreenBox
Loans in Los Ang
Loans in Los Angeles.
Some unrestrained lenders, for example,
offered infamous 2/28 adjustable - rate
mortgages to entice
subprime borrowers to initiate
loans at low rates, only to find that they could not afford the payments when the
mortgage quickly reset at a much higher rate.
It would be a stretch to call Fannie Mae a backer of
subprime mortgage loans, but in many cases they
offer loans to people with below - average credit if they have strong credentials in on areas.
BankRate defines a «
subprime mortgage», as a home
loan offered to people with credit scores under 620.
But during the early and mid-2000s, high - risk, or «
subprime,»
mortgages were
offered by lenders who repackaged these
loans into securities.
Athas Capital Group in Calabasas began issuing
subprime loans last April,
offering mortgages at 9.75 percent for borrowers with a credit score of 550 to 599 who can make a 30 percent down payment.