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11Bank rate — For the company, see Bankrate. Bank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, is the rate of interest which a central bank charges on the loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks and other financial intermediaries. Changes in the …
12Variable-rate mortgage — A variable rate mortgage or floating rate mortgage is a mortgage loan where the interest rate varies to reflect market conditions. The interest rate will normally vary with changes to the base rate of the central bank and reflects changing costs… …
13Floating interest rate — A floating interest rate, also known as a variable rate or adjustable rate, refers to any type debt instrument, such as a loan, bond, mortgage, or credit, that does not have a fixed rate of interest over the life of the instrument. Such debt… …
14Prime rate — Prime rate, or Prime Lending Rate, is a term applied in many countries to a reference interest rate used by banks. The term originally indicated the rate of interest at which banks lent to favored customers, i.e., those with high credibility,… …
15Floating Interest Rate — An interest rate that is allowed to move up and down with the rest of the market or along with an index. This contrasts with a fixed interest rate, in which the interest rate of a debt obligation stays constant for the duration of the agreement.… …
16United States housing market correction — A United States housing market correction is a market correction or bubble bursting of a United States housing bubble; the most recent one started in 2005.A real estate bubble is a type of economic bubble that occurs periodically in local or… …
17Predatory lending — describes unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent practices of some lenders during the loan origination process. While there are no legal definitions in the United States for predatory lending, an audit report on predatory lending from the office of… …
18Federal funds rate — In the United States, the federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions actively trade balances held at the Federal Reserve, called federal funds, with each other, usually overnight, on an uncollateralized basis.… …
19Subprime lending — Subprime redirects here. For the 2007 house mortgage crisis, see Subprime mortgage crisis. In finance, subprime lending (also referred to as near prime, non prime, and second chance lending) means making loans to people who may have difficulty… …
20Person-to-person lending — (also known as peer to peer lending, peer to peer investing, and social lending; abbreviated frequently as P2P lending) is a certain breed of financial transaction (primarily lending and borrowing, though other more complicated transactions can… …
