Not exact matches
Olick followed up
with her column today, noting that higher mortgage rates (of late),
tight credit standards, and falling inventories will make life difficult for first - time buyers in 2013.
Subprime card applicants still facing
tight credit — The economy may be sunnier, but people
with less - than - perfect
credit are still getting a chilly reception from
credit card issuers... (See Lending
standards)
The smaller change between the third and fourth quarters of 2001 is most likely due to
tighter credit standards associated
with the recent downturn in the economy, increased office vacancies and problems in the hospitality industry.
«The problem isn't
with interest rates, but
with the continuation of unnecessarily
tight credit standards that are keeping many creditworthy buyers from getting a loan despite extraordinarily low default rates over the past two years.»
«This underscores the ongoing challenges that many
credit worthy homebuyers face
with today's
tight credit standards.»
This decline in the serious delinquency rate among more recent vintages of mortgage originations partly reflects
tighter lending
standards as represented by
credit scores associated
with mortgage originations.