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1. The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and America’s Veteran

(Web Page; Thu Dec 10 12:31:00 CST 2009)

Committee: U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

2. Foreclosure Crisis Spreads From Subprime to Prime Mortgages

(Web Page; Thu Aug 26 09:48:00 CDT 2010)

Foreclosures are beginning to rise among borrowers with prime mortgages -- a trend that could jeopardize the housing recovery. The Mortgage Bankers Association reports that prime, fixed-rate loans were responsible for almost half of the ...

3. Considering the Subprime Mortgage Market: Myths vs. Facts (PDF)

(File; Thu Dec 10 15:05:00 CST 2009)

Description: PDF version of the article

4. California response to foreclosure crisis weak

(Web Page; Fri Aug 20 09:57:00 CDT 2010)

A coalition of California consumer organizations demanded stronger, swifter action on the part of the California legislature in response to the subprime mortgage crisis at a press conference in Sacramento today as well as in testimony be...

5. The Subprime Cover-Up

(Web Page; Mon Aug 30 13:06:00 CDT 2010)

There are concerns about University of California-Berkeley economist Dwight Jaffee's recent studies about the role housing policy played in the financial crisis, which were commissioned by the bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commissi...

6. Continued Decay and Shaky Repairs: The State of Subprime Loans Today

(Web Page; Thu Aug 19 08:46:00 CDT 2010)

In 2005, Alan Greenspan, then chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, praised subprime mortgages as a positive innovation made possible by better risk assessment, and "representative of the market responses that have driven the financial s...

7. A Snapshot of the Subprime Market

(Web Page; Thu Aug 19 09:03:00 CDT 2010)

Updated November 27, 2007 - Subprime mortgages are high-cost home loans intended for people with weak or blemished credit histories. Higher interest rates make sense for higher-risk loans to a point, but the subprime market has been rif...

8. A Consumer Watchdog for Your Wallet

(Web Page; Fri Aug 20 12:52:00 CDT 2010)

Embedded in legislation to prevent another crisis in the financial industry are some regulations that would directly impact the personal finances of many consumers -- including bans on penalty fees for paying off mortgages early, more op...

9. FHA May Be Setting Up a Repeat of Housing Bubble, Lawmakers Worry

(Web Page; Thu Aug 26 09:29:00 CDT 2010)

The collapse of the subprime mortgage market and Congress' decision to raise the maximum loan limit to $729,750 in the priciest housing markets helped boost the Federal Housing Administration's share of the mortgage market. Following a j...

10. Worse Than Subprime? Other Mortgages Are Imploding Slowly

(Web Page; Mon Aug 30 13:29:00 CDT 2010)

With $230 billion in option adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) poised to undergo rate resets between 2009 and 2012, there are concerns that a wave of foreclosures is on the horizon that could be worse than the subprime mortgage crisis. Opt...