Subprime lending

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In a Subprime Bubble for Used Cars, Borrowers Pay Sky-High Rates
New York Times  5 hrs ago  Comment 
Millions of Americans are receiving auto loans they cannot possibly afford, in a lending climate marked by some of the same lack of caution seen in the housing industry before its 2008 implosion.
Citigroup pays $7bn to settle sub-prime mortgage investigation
guardian.co.uk  Jul 14  Comment 
Agreement comes after Justice Department warned it would sue banking giant over sales of risky sub-prime mortgages Citigroup agreed to pay $7bn on Monday to settle a federal investigation into the toxic mortgage products the bank sold in the...
Subprime Auto Loans May Be Hurtling Toward a Crash
Motley Fool  Jul 13  Comment 
Late payments are piling up on subprime auto loans, and investors could get burned
Analysis - Scoping the new subprime as watchdogs cry 'bubble'
Reuters  Jul 9  Comment 
As global watchdogs warn that euphoric financial markets are divorced from economic reality and acting out some reprise of the credit bubble and bust of the past decade, fears of another subprime timebomb are inevitable.
Rental Home Shortage Is America's Next Housing Crisis
SeekingAlpha  Jul 4  Comment 
The US is facing a new housing crisis. No, it has nothing to do with subprime mortgages or bloated home equity balances. This time the nation is dealing with shortages of rental housing, a problem that will become increasingly acute in years to...
The COO of Prospect Capital Corporation on Its Subprime Lenders
Motley Fool  Jul 3  Comment 
Here's what Prospect Capital's COO, Grier Eliasek, thinks of Prospect Capital's growing stake in subprime lending.
Some Problems We Can See, Some Problems We Cannot
SeekingAlpha  Jul 3  Comment 
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3 Reasons Why Solar Isn't the New Subprime
Motley Fool  Jul 2  Comment 
Here's why solar companies won't undergo the same fate as Countrywide Financial.




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What happened blaicasly was because of assuming that a trend was permanent. In the financial world, this is a form of mental disorder. Trends are why anyone could be a day-trader and make money, for a while. Their impermanence is why anyone that didn't get out of that in time lost their shirts. The subprime loans were designed to churn the loans. You had loans that were fixed for usually two years, then would become variable. The whole intent was for the borrower to refinance in two years, again generating all of the bank's new-loan fees. The trend for real estate to appreciate rapidly was counted on to continue to keep this attractive for the borrower. Borrow 100 with 5k in costs to pay off a loan of 95, wait two years, borrow 105k with 5k in costs to pay off a loan of 100, wait two years, borrow 110k with 5k in costs to pay off a loan of 105 but then the trend didn't cooperate by giving a home value of 110k, and the balloon broke. People still had the same house they did, but now a loan for more than they originally paid for it, and they can't get refinancing, and can't sell it for what they owe. Trends are temporary. People that think otherwise will eventually lose money. Now, how do you know when a trend is coming to an end? There's a story about the Crash of '29 about a broker who was getting a shoe shine, and the shoe shiner gave him a hot tip on a stock. He realized that when shoe shine boys were giving stock tips, the market was about to crash and he got out. During the day-trader era, there were stories about bus drivers and janitors making huge money in day-trading, just before that went south. How many times have YOU seen people offering to help people get loans in their answers right here on Yahoo, offers totally unconnected to the question being asked? It was a trend. Now it's not.

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