The growth in terms of the private student loan market, which increased from $ 5 billion in the year 2001 to $ 20 billion in the year 2008, is almost similar to the growth of
subprime mortgage loans during the same time.
Not exact matches
Just like
subprime mortgage lending dragged so many American homeowners underwater
during the housing crisis, some private lenders aggressively marketed their
loans to students who weren't financially fit to support them.
During his campaign, he said, «The student debt crisis is the next
subprime mortgage crisis;» he continued, «Get the government out of the student
loan business.»
But much like the country's private lenders
during the first several years of the present century, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's drive to increase profits helped create the housing bubble (thanks to lowered underwriting standards, approvals for
subprime borrowers and the bundling of
loans into
mortgage - backed securities).
During the fourth quarter of 2009, the foreclosure inventory rate for prime
loans reached 3.31 percent, FHA
mortgage foreclosures were at 3.57 percent,
subprime borrowers were at 15.58 percent and those in the VA
loan were at 2.46 percent.
While delinquency rates increase
during the early life of a
loan pool, this worsening trend confirms our initial assessment that very weak underwriting and
mortgage origination fraud, and not simply payment resets, has been the primary cause for elevated
subprime loan delinquencies for
loans originated through at least the middle of 2007.
«Many
subprime loans during the housing bubble were made by nonbank
mortgage brokers.
But
during the early and mid-2000s, high - risk, or «
subprime,»
mortgages were offered by lenders who repackaged these
loans into securities.
Condo
Loans Reacting to losses sustained during the wave of foreclosures resulting from the subprime mortgage market meltdown, FHA — along with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (also known as government - sponsored entities, or GSEs)-- tightened lending standards for condo loans across the b
Loans Reacting to losses sustained
during the wave of foreclosures resulting from the
subprime mortgage market meltdown, FHA — along with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (also known as government - sponsored entities, or GSEs)-- tightened lending standards for condo
loans across the b
loans across the board.
More than 2 million
subprime mortgage loans that lenders made
during the boom years are in foreclosure, putting at risk $ 164 billion in wealth accumulation, the Center for Responsible Lending says in a study.
During the boom,
loan officers could make 2 to 3 times more money selling one
subprime mortgage versus one prime
mortgage.