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The Motley Fool February 8, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	HBC Makes a Courtesy Flush All of those subprime loans from the last few years are getting ready to wreak havoc. How this story continues to play out for HSBC and other banks will be very interesting to watch. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Buz Livingston	Dump "Liar Loans" Many lenders have either shut down or reduced their subprime lending practices in the last few months. However, isn't this a bit like closing the barn door after the horse has escaped?
The Motley Fool January 24, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Study Your College Loan Options Know when to use a private or a federal loan to pay your tuition bill.
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Mara Der Hovanesian	Lender Woes Go Beyond Subprime Few are feeling the hangover from housing's heyday as much as subprime lenders that cater to risky borrowers.
BusinessWeek May 1, 2008	Navigating the Crunch A financial aid expert explains how borrowers can best ride it out.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 John Rosevear	Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: Credit Tightens Outside U.S. Too Consumer credit is tightening in Japan.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2005 Tom Taulli	CIT Goes Back to School CIT Group now wants to go consumer -- starting with school loans. The lender recently purchased Education Lending Group for $318 million in cash.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: No Bailouts for Anyone Some borrowers are going to suffer. That's the way the system works. Some lenders are going to suffer, too, and deservedly so. Write bad loans and you don't get your money back. The only people that deserve help are victims of outright fraud.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Find the Right Student Loan College loans come in many varieties. Some have very attractive provisions and guarantees, but others can spell trouble for even the most responsible young adults.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	M&T Bank's Rude Alt-Awakening If Alt-A loans hurt M&T's earnings, what should we expect from similar lenders? Investors, the answer will be different for each.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2006	Your Down-Payment Portion Don't put down 20% on your new home unless it makes sense for you.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Chuck Saletta	Avoid This Company Like the Plague Online-lending pioneer Prosper.com has botched the execution of that concept.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2011 Cindy Johnson	Are Banks Starting Another Race to the Bottom? Easier credit standards are being driven by competition to lend.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Dan Caplinger	The Smartest Move Colleges Ever Made Eliminating the middleman serves both schools and students. Colleges are at least making the right response to the credit crisis by making loans directly to their students.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2008 Morgan Housel	Fannie Mae's Return Policy Fannie Mae is going to start honing in on mortgages it bought that disintegrated, retracing the steps to look for any fraudulent lending practices by the lender who originated the loan, and -- if there was an issue -- going back to retrieve some of the loss.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	California Bankin' Commercial Capital Bancorp posts solid results, but is the going getting tougher?
The Motley Fool June 1, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Get Record-Low Rates This is a great time to consolidate your student loans and save money.
Inc. February 2008 Robb Mandelbaum	Soldiering On to Remake the SBA Steven Preston talks about efforts to improve the SBA's processes - and its image.
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Andrew Ackerman	DOE Supports Loans The U.S. Department of Education plans to provide liquidity support to the student loan market.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Are Foreclosures Unavoidable? Experience is showing that when banks have modified loan terms it is only moderately effective in avoiding foreclosures.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2010 Morgan Housel	The End of Idiot Borrowing The Senate voted 63-36 to outlaw "liar loans," or mortgages made to borrowers who invent their income.
Reason March 2009 Veronique de Rugy	Dissatisfaction Guaranteed The government has decided to encourage more lenders to take more chances by guaranteeing yet more loans to high-risk borrowers. The only guarantee for these loans is that our children will be paying billions to cover the losses.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The 5-Sigma Report A look at the stocks that saw serious volatility last week: Nxstage Medical ... New Century Financial... Domino's Pizza... TeleTech Holdings... Omniture...
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn	Seeing Red Sallie Mae, the leading lender to college students, reported a $1.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2007. Sallie Mae isn't the only student lender that has been bloodied recently. Students and parents need to be cautious when looking for student loans.
Bank Systems & Technology June 24, 2008 Ann Grochala	In the Aftermath of the Credit Crisis, Some Banks See a Silver Lining The current problems in the credit markets bring both challenges and opportunities to banks. Many community banks still have plenty of liquidity and capital, and they all have ready access to the Federal Home Loan Bank system.
BusinessWeek November 14, 2005 Lindsey Gerdes	The Private-Loan Dilemma Unable to borrow enough via the federal government, more students are turning to other lenders, which can be a risky last resort.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2007 Seth Jayson	GM Squeezes Out Borrowers Huge losses on bad mortgages turn GMAC from a cuddly home lender to just another business. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2007 Seth Jayson	Beazer's Just the Beginning If you think an allegation of fraud at Beazer Homes is a stunner, consider another major leak in the housing bubble -- the unraveling of widespread, softer frauds.
U.S. Banker March 2011 Steve Garmhausen	SBA Revamps Lending for Underserved Markets After too many defaults and too little loan volume for its Community Express program, the SBA is starting over -- and excluding banks this time.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Avoid the Loan Sharks For those with less-than-perfect credit histories, there's a scary trend in personal finance these days. In the name of convenience, some borrowers are digging themselves into a hole from which they may never emerge.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2003 Peltin & Swibel	Lenders Tighten Loan Standards in Reaction to Uncertain Economy With interest rates at record lows, demand for new mortgage loans remains strong. However, in today's anemic economic climate, lenders face increased risk of making non-performing loans. Commercial lenders have implemented new safeguards and follow stricter policies to minimize exposure.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2007 Seth Jayson	Quick Take: Relax, We're Not Subprime! The market's manic reaction to mortgage stocks these days is good for a giggle -- so long as you don't own the stocks.
U.S. Banker July 2009 Anthony Malakian	A Whole New World Bank of North Dakota makes about 70 percent of the student loans in its home state, but if the Obama Administration has its way, the $3.5 billion-asset bank would be out of the origination business by this time next year.
BusinessWeek May 19, 2011 Sarah Mulholland	Sallie Mae Makes a Surprising Comeback Supported by cash from its $146 billion government loan portfolio, Sallie Mae aims to build its private student lending business.
Entrepreneur July 2005 Jennifer Pellet	Money Buzz 07/05 Businesses can connect to all potential lenders with only one on-line application.
Entrepreneur May 2008 Scott Bernard Nelson	Between Peers Could a new wave of social lending sites be a good place for your investment dollars?
U.S. Banker September 2010 Bonnie McGeer	Finding the Right Match Online loan exchanges like BoeFly and Biz2Credit are gaining traction as banks look for new ways to find more small-business borrowers.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2011 Morgan Housel	Why Big Banks Are Cheap Loans dropping; watch out below!
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The Motley Fool March 8, 2007 Nick Kapur	Market Buzz: Opportunities in Subprime Lenders Why some in the subprime market may be better off than you think. However, as with the mortgage industry, it can get you into some pretty hairy situations. But the profits are there for those who can see through the panic.
U.S. Banker February 2010 Alan Kline	It's Too Soon to Pull the Plug on Higher SBA Coverage In the nine months after the stimulus bill was passed, lenders originated more than $16 billion in SBA-backed loans. It s fair to say that many of those loans would not have been made if not for the increased guarantee.
The Motley Fool May 10, 2011 Cindy Johnson	How Will Banks Make Money for Real? Declining loan losses are a large but unsustainable source of bank profits.
U.S. Banker January 2011 Alan Kline	Common-Sense Ideas for Consumer Lending Even the smallest consumer loan requires almost as much documentation as a $250,000 business loan, and it's only going to get worse under Dodd-Frank.
U.S. Banker December 2010 Rob Garver	SBA Aims to Attract More Banks The lower fees and higher guarantees enacted for the government s small-business lending programs have some in the industry optimistic that interest by banks might surge.
U.S. Banker May 2009 Alan Kline	Will Dismal 2008 Give Way to a Banner 2009? Will historically low mortgage interest rates draw buyers back into the home market?
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Kingsley Greenland	Why Liquidity Should Help You Sleep Better There is no crystal ball that can predict the next lending squeeze, or if one will even occur. What is certain however, is that greater liquidity in the secondary market for commercial real estate loans is an important safety valve for the entire industry.
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The Motley Fool November 8, 2007 Selena Maranjian	When It's Good to Be in Uniform A new federal law is designed to protect service members from being taken advantage of by so-called payday lenders, capping annual interest rates at 36%; civilians can pay as much as 500% for the same loans.