** Germany's
second biggest lender Commerzbank is selling a custody unit to French BNP Paribas as it continues its efforts to streamline its portfolio.
Not exact matches
While the Portuguese government said the nation's
second -
biggest lender is isolated from losses in group holding companies, lack of transparency in the corporate structure is disturbing investors.
«Wells Fargo & Co., the
second - largest U.S. home
lender, and Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., the
biggest privately held mortgage company, are raising credit score requirements and other standards for government - insured loans,» according to Bloomberg News.
The interest rate tends to be higher, since a
second mortgage is a
bigger risk for a
lender (in the event of default, your first mortgage is the one that gets paid off).
For example, a $ 400,000 first mortgage and a $ 100,000
second mortgage on a home where the down payment was $ 55,000 and the home sold for $ 555,000, the
second mortgage
lender would take a
bigger loss if the home lost value, was foreclosed on and was sold by the bank for $ 450,000, he says.
Understanding Interest Rates Most
lenders consider
second homes to be more of a risk than primary residences, but not as
big a risk as investment properties.