The mortgage market turbulence is as much about the breakdown of the structure of U.S. financial markets as it is about bad debt How could a modest increase in seriously delinquent subprime mortgages, ...

If you have less-than-stellar credit, you may be classified as someone who is "subprime," which means your credit score is lower than what's required to get the best, or "prime," interest rates.

There could be a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis in the US, if necessary remedies are not adapted at the earliest, claim ...

I was simply amazed. I was not aware of the scale of distribution of subprime mortgages to the world. I was amazed at the interest on the part of investors to invest in a product that was highly ...

However, they may not be aware that another designation also exists: prime credit score and subprime credit score. Below is a closer look at subprime credit scores. It will cover what this ...

Investors were on the lookout for new, post-technology bubble investment opportunities, which they found in the form of loans to high-risk homebuyers, known as subprime mortgages. During this ...

A subprime mortgage might be an option for a low-credit score borrower who can’t qualify for a conventional mortgage. There are laws in place to protect subprime borrowers from many of the risks ...

Your borrower risk profile can fall into one of the five following categories: super-prime, prime, near-prime, subprime and deep subprime. Consumers who classify as deep subprime fall into the ...

Alfaro, Laura, and Renee Kim. "U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Policy Reactions (A)." Harvard Business School Case 708-036, March 2008. (Revised July 2009.) ...

The epicenter of the crisis had changed—from Asia to the United States and Europe. And the buzzwords had, too. Securitization, subprime mortgages, and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) seem ...

On Monday, Consumer Portfolio Services recapped the success stemming from its decision to partner with SentiLink, a provider ...