Sentences with phrase «subprime mortgage market into»

For example, heightened risk taking by investors and elevated leverage in large financial institutions and in shadow banking activities were among the factors that turned a downturn in the U.S. subprime mortgage market into a global financial crisis.

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Borrowers refinancing into FHA from the subprime market are better off, even with slightly higher mortgage insurance premiums, because FHA insurance gives them access to substantially lower interest rates, and lowers their overall mortgage costs.

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Agitation over the subprime residential mortgage debacle bled into the commercial real estate debt markets this summer, effectively strangling liquidity.

But the convergence of the subprime mortgage meltdown, widespread apprehension of a slowing economy and other market forces has transformed a bull run for the ages into a wild ride that has bruised the portfolios of office REIT investors.

Buyers of distressed debt are benefiting from the residential subprime mortgage crisis, which spilled into the CMBS market and virtually shut it down.

NAR analysts think that's a reasonable assumption given the 56 percent rise the federal mortgage insurance agency has seen since private lenders pulled back on their subprime offerings, which had cut into the FHA's market share during the housing boom.