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The Motley Fool
April 9, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Yahoo! Pinpoints Foreclosures Tough times might increase Yahoo!'s traffic with its new Real Estate center. Searching the Foreclosure Center by geographic regions yields foreclosed properties and their prices.   |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Falling Into the Subprime Trap If any good comes from the bursting of the housing bubble, it will be that homeowners and borrowers may act more responsibly about buying property and taking on mortgage debt. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2007
David Meier |
Quick Take: Subprime Scariness The process, not the outcome, is the scary part of the subprime disaster. Who's to blame? The mortgage lenders? The home sellers? The buyers themselves? (Whatever happened to caveat emptor?) |
U.S. Banker
April 2007
Holly Sraeel |
Tough Lessons for the Subprime Market...Again That New Century finds itself in this predicament should come as no surprise. The burning question? When will the other shoe(s) drop, and how painful will that be for the industry and investors? |
BusinessWeek
April 9, 2007
Dawn Kopecki |
A Builder's Lending Under Scrutiny Federal investigators are looking into Beazer's mortgage practices. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
A Tale of Two Borrowers Unfortunately, many homeowners never consider that they may not really be able to afford the home they own. As painful as it is to give up your home, it's not worth risking financial ruin to stay in a home you can't pay for. |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2010
Menon & Crowley |
Subprime Lending Returns to the U.K. Three years after defaults on U.S. subprime mortgages sparked a devastating financial crisis, lending to borrowers with less-than-perfect credit histories is making a comeback in Britain. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Who Really Caused the Housing Bubble The second-home boom. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2006
Mary Dalrymple |
Mortgage Power for Everyone Arm yourself with information before shopping for a home loan. |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
Christopher Palmeri |
Home Buyers: ARMed And Dangerous? Adjustable-rate mortgages are pulling in new buyers -- but the risks are high |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Mortgage? What Mortgage? Throughout this real estate bubble, there was rampant greed on both sides of lending desks. People who bet their economic well-being on fairy tales don't have much cause to complain when things turn out different. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
The Solution to the Subprime Crisis At the right price, anything is worth buying. Is the price right on these banking stocks? |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Let the Mortgage Medicine Flow Homeowners suffering as a result of their subprime loans may receive federal assistance. The forms of assistance being proposed include a push for a change to the tax code to allow the FHA to help them rework their loans. Is this assistance justified? |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Mortgage Inflation: How Bad Is Bad? When adjustable-rate loans adjust upward, prepare for a big financial shock. |
U.S. Banker
December 2001
Robert A. Bennett |
Gramlich's Words of Warning His suggested caution on subprime mortgage lending should be taken seriously... |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Subprime Symptoms Starting to Spread? It seems that subprime mortgage difficulties have already started to spread. There will almost certainly be a more protracted softness for housing than we might have anticipated as recently as the final quarter of last year. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2005
Mark Obrinsky |
Will Rise in Foreclosures Derail the Housing Market? Even if you do not believe there is a bubble in house prices, fewer and fewer analysts are ruling out the possibility of at least some price declines in some markets. A dip in house prices, even in areas of substantial price appreciation, could cause foreclosure rates to rise. |
FDIC FYI
February 7, 2002 |
Subprime Mortgage Lending Faces the Test of a Slowing Economy Entry by FDIC-insured institutions into subprime lending as a targeted line of business was largely a phenomenon of the 1990s. These lending programs are now being tested by recession, in most cases for the first time... |
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. |
U.S. Banker
October 2007
Glen Fest |
Subprime Woes: Amid the Chaos, Big Banks Are Finding Opportunities Consumer lending divisions are still under fire. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The Credit Crunch on Housing Savvy investors should wait until the homebuilders' business strengthens obviously and meaningfully before accumulating positions in the group. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
3 Tips for Spring Homebuyers Falling home prices and upcoming rate adjustments on creative mortgages have current homeowners up against the ropes. It's a buyer's market. Take advantage! |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2006 |
Worst Practices The option ARM trend is only the most obvious example of shaky lending during the bubble. |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2007
Palmeri & Kopecki |
Why This Slump Is Different Foreclosures are rising fast, investors are sweating, and lenders are now bending over backwards to keep bad loans alive. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Here Come the Mortgage Regulators With subprime lending continuing to plummet, House and Senate hearings run the risk of further retarding a recovery in housing. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2013
Jeff Rauth |
Follow the Money What are today's most financeable deals? Several market forces currently at work foretell a stronger lending environment in the next 12 to 18 months. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The Mortgage Lenders' Dual Masters Whatever steps some lenders and loan service agents are willing to take to help troubled mortgage holders, the crush of delinquencies and foreclosures, along with radically tightened credit standards in the mortgage industry, will make for a slow recovery for the U.S. housing market. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Leave It to Beazer Things keep getting worse for Beazer Homes. Its shares were sent tumbling in after-hours trading last night, as the media disclosed that the company is under criminal investigation by the FBI over potentially aggressive lending tactics. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2007
Sham Gad |
What Sparked the Subprime Explosion? Some really smart people have taken one asset -- the plain old mortgage -- and singlehandedly created layers and layers of financial instruments that are predicated on it. Like dominoes, one by one, these securities are now tumbling and leaving investors and homeowners to clean up the mess. |
The Motley Fool
April 1, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Get Extra-Low Mortgage Rates Don't rule out adjustable-rate mortgages -- they could save you a lot. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Freezing Mortgage Rates Is Not the Answer People who shouldn't have qualified for a mortgage got their keys to a piece of the American dream. But now the bill is coming due. |
U.S. Banker
January 2002 |
Self-Cleansing Imagine what it must be like working in subprime lending, dealing all the time with financially desperate people. Well, Bank of America is well on its way toward washing its hands of this dirty business, reducing its risk and raising its ethical standards... |
U.S. Banker
May 2007
Lee Conrad |
Subprime Mortgages: As the Knot Unravels, A Question Lingers: Why? Consumers and companies following their self-interest are supposed to be guiding forces that drive a capitalist economy. The recent meltdown of the subprime-mortgage market, however, raises the question of whether all participants were headed in that direction. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2007
Emil Lee |
Fool on the Street: Capital One's Crystal Ball Capital One explains why the subprime mess has not spilled over into other consumer lending areas. Investors should take note. |
BusinessWeek
October 16, 2006
James Mehring |
More Scrutiny For High-Risk Mortgages New guidance put out by U.S. bank regulators warned lenders to keep up their due diligence when issuing exotic mortgages. The impact could be fewer mortgages and less demand for homes. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Housing in 2007: Will a Bubble Burst? Now that a new year is upon us, it's a good time to think of the state of housing in America today. Here's the good news for investors -- and the bad. |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2009
Peter Coy |
Foreclosure: Now an Upscale Blight Rising job losses and falling home prices are dragging down people who never dreamed they would get in trouble. |
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
April 4, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Some Loans Don't Make Sense Current seven-year loans offered by car vendors help us see the folly of some loans. |
The Motley Fool
July 7, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The New Subprime All you have to do is drop the sub. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Merrill Wants Its Bubble Back, Too The investing bigwig longs for the return of astronomical housing prices. |
U.S. Banker
April 2010
Kate Berry |
Paying Seconds First Despite falling behind on mortgages, borrowers continue to make payments on home equity loans. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Housing's Worst May Lie Ahead The unraveling of prime mortgages could delay housing's recovery. |
U.S. Banker
May 2008 |
As the Credit Crisis Grinds On, Lending Falls Off the Cliff The current climate for loan production might not be Great Depression 2.0, but try telling that to someone with less than perfect credit. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Beazer Cleans House The homebuilder drops its mortgage unit and pulls out of some housing markets. |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
Peter Coy |
Under The Fed's Hammer How Fed rate hikes have turned into a regressive tax on weak borrowers. |
FDIC FYI
March 28, 2002 |
Housing Market Strengths and Risks A report released today in the FDIC's Regional Outlook evaluates changes in mortgage underwriting during the last expansion, and the likelihood that weakening home price growth could adversely affect home borrowers and lenders... |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Homeowners Free-Riding on the Bank's Dime Foreclosed on, but still happily at home. |
