Subprime loans face big hikes
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Borrowers with poor credit ratings may see rates jump to 10 percent or more.
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Lenders haven't locked their doors, but they are raising their standards.
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New applications for US home loans rose last week to their highest level in four months even though mortgage rates ticked upward from their recent lows, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Rates on 30-year and one-year mortgages climbed this week, while rates on some other home loans didn't budge.
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As mortgage defaults rise, more houses are being put up for auction -- and more people are seeing a chance to make big bucks. But there are risks
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In Baltimore and elsewhere around the country, subprime mortgages, which are driving the foreclosure rate, have gone disproportionately to women.
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THOUSANDS OF homeowners with poor credit are facing foreclosure because they can no longer afford to pay their high-interest loans. In the crack-up of the so-called subprime mortgage industry, these borrowers are the most visible participants. But they aren't the only ones who seemed not to understand what they were getting themselves into.
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A number of U.S. states are setting up funds to help homeowners with risky subprime mortgages refinance to more affordable loans in a bid to slow the rate of home foreclosures, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site.
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As lenders tighten standards, the possibility of a recession increases.
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For some investors, the misery of subprime loans, exploding adjustable rate mortgages and slumping sales mean one thing: opportunity.
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After escaping a rising tide of subprime defaults earlier this year, leading U.S. investment banks and brokerages face an opaque offshoot of those risky mortgages.
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Applications for home mortgages jumped  to their highest level in nearly four years as low interest  rates led more homeowners to seek refinancing, according to  data from an industry group on Wednesday.
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A number of U.S. states are setting up  funds to help homeowners with risky subprime mortgages  refinance to more affordable loans in a bid to slow the rate of  home foreclosures, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web  site.
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Troubles in mortgageland may get worse before they get better, especially for subprime borrowers, whose spotty credit histories put them into more costly loans.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will raise by 7.8 percent the limit on the size of single-family-home mortgages they will purchase, increasing the pool of home buyers who will qualify for lower-cost financing.
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Banks are starting to offer loans, but the rates put them beyond most people's reach.
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As the appetite for home loans soared, the apparent inability of lenders to spot suspicious transactions is puzzling to some.