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- Hudson City Bancorp: One Bank That Didn't Drink the Kool-Aid
- Hudson stuck to its conservative lending practices and skipped subprime mortgages, trading short–term windfalls for slow but steady growth. The Move: Hudson stuck to its conservative lending practices and skipped subprime mortgages, trading short–term windfalls for...
- Articles 2008-12-01
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- Freddie Mac changes approach in buying subprime mortgages
- Freddie Mac has announced that it will cease buying subprime mortgages that have a high likelihood of excessive payment shock and possible foreclosure. First, Freddie Mac said it will only buy subprime adjustable-rate mortgages - and mortgage-related secuFreddie Mac has announced that it will cease buying subprime mortgages that have...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- The Stunning Subprime Mess
- How bad is the subprime crisis? This from the New York Times, in the wake of the Swiss bank UBS announcing huge write-downs related to subprime mortgages: Banks worldwide have announced more than $135 billion in credit losses and write-downs since the...
- Blog posts 2008-01-30
- New Poll Finds Americans Skeptical over Proposals to Rescue Subprime Mortgage Borrowers
- ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- As the Bush administration huddles with major lenders to finalize a relief plan for subprime borrowers, new results today from a survey conducted by Harris Interactive[R] on behalf of the National Taxpayers Union NTU warn against the government going too far. Almost half (48%) of U.S. adults...
- Research articles 2007-12-04
- Subprime mess hits rating agencies; Shares of Moody's, S&P wilt as hybrid securities dry up.(News)
- Byline: Aaron Elstein Cascading prices of oceans of securities backed by subprime mortgages are exacting a heavy toll on the world's two top credit-rating agencies--Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's. Shares of New York-based M Byline: Aaron Elstein ...
- Research articles 2007-07-30
- Freddie Mac Bans Unaffordable Subprime Home Loans
- WASHINGTON -- In recent years, lenders making higher-risk, higher-cost "subprime" home loans have flooded the market with dangerous hybrid mortgages, often approved without considering whether the borrower could afford the loan. Today Freddie Mac took a major step for responsible lending by announcing it will no longer buy common types...
- Research articles 2007-02-27
- Subprime crisis could still get worse: HSBC chief executive
- HONG KONG AFP — The chief executive of Europe's biggest bank said in Hong Kong on Tuesday that the industry's difficulties with products linked to subprime mortgages may not be over. "We aren't convinced yet that the worst is over," Michael Geoghegan, group chief executive of HSBC, told reporters...
- Research articles 2008-05-27
- Will subprime mortgages torpedo the economy?
- ECONOMIC REVIEW Subprime, subprime, subprime. That is all we seem to hear these days . bounces violentThe stock market Iy every time a mortgage lender or hedge fund gets hit by subprime-mortgage problems. The Federal Reserve Board is forced to express awareness that credit standards have been tightened...
- Research articles 2007-08-24
- Subprime worries on Street dwindle
- Fears that sour subprime loans could ignite a financial crisis subsided Wednesday as a Wall Street giant downplayed its exposure. Lehman Bros., an investment bank that provides loans to companies that issue subprime mortgages, told investors during its quarterly earnings call that its exposure to such...
- Research articles 2007-03-15
- 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. And if not, why not? Subprime lending has grown dramatically since the late...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- Higher subprime rates for blacks, Hispanics baffling
- WASHINGTON -- Blacks and Hispanics were far more likely than whites to take out higher-cost subprime mortgages in 2006, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday, even as a respected economic forecast center said the nation was in for a "near-recession experience" due to housing market turmoil. The...
- Research articles 2007-09-13
- US subprime lenders targeted blacks, poor: report
- WASHINGTON AFP — US mortgage lenders targeted minorities and people with low incomes in recent years as the "best candidates" for subprime home loans, with devastating economic consequences, a report claimed Tuesday. The report by the United for a Fair Economy UFE advocacy group said subprime mortgages, home loans...
- Research articles 2008-01-15
- Esteemed Economist Proposes Subprime Mortgage Reforms in New Book.
- Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19 AScribe Newswire -- A new Urban Institute Press book offers a slate of reform opportunities for the ailing subprime mortgage market and provides one of the first comprehensive analyses of this still-evolving segment of the mortgage...
- Research articles 2007-06-19
- Fitch Report Details Drivers of Early U.S. Subprime Defaults
- NEW YORK -- While rising mortgage defaults are to be expected during a housing market downturn, the sharp rise in U.S. subprime mortgage defaults is notable. In a new report, Fitch Ratings analyzes the trends in collateral attributes that contribute to early default in subprime mortgages underlying RMBS. Generally...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- Standard & Poor's Reports Subprime Mortgage Exposure Does Not Threaten Stability of ACA Financial Guaranty's Single "A" Financial Strength Rating
- NEW YORK -- ACA Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ACA) today announced that Standard & Poor's has published its report entitled "U.S. Bond Insurers Withstand Subprime Stress," concluding that, in spite of the well-documented deterioration in the world of subprime mortgages, this sector is not an apparent threat to the rating...
- Research articles 2007-08-03
- SEC eyes subprime loans
- WASHINGTON -- The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a number of companies that operate in the troubled market for subprime mortgage loans, the agency's top enforcement official said Monday. It has been known that the SEC was examining accounting practices at New Century Financial Corp., the...
- Research articles 2007-03-20
- Subprime housing woes rekindle fears for US economy
- WASHINGTON AFP — Fresh troubles in the subprime segment of the US housing market have reignited fears of contagion that could affect the broad financial sector and possibly the broader economy, analysts say. Those fears were fanned this week as rating agencies Standard Poor's and Moody's both warned of...
- Research articles 2007-07-11
- Subprime losses may reach 285 billion dollars: S&P
- WASHINGTON AFP — Losses linked to the meltdown of the subprime real estate market may reach 285 billion dollars globally, according to a new report Thursday that said the worst of the crisis may be over. US rating agency Standard & Poor's said it increased its estimates for the...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- Fears over the US subprime market.
- Despite the recent second leg of global equity correction, concerns still mount over credit conditions and the US sub-prime market, according to JPMorgan Asset Management. David Shairp, global strategist for JPMorgan, said investors are concerned the subprime market's woes are systemic rather than ...
- Research articles 2007-03-26
- Bank of China shares fall sharply on worries of subprime losses
- HONG KONG AFP — Shares in Bank of China BOC fell sharply Monday on reports it might post lower profits or even a loss when announcing 2007 results in April, due to writedowns on struggling subprime investments. The bank may announce a significant writedown on its 7.95 billion US...
- Research articles 2008-01-20
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