sub-prime mortgage loan
1sub-prime — UK [ˈsʌbˌpraɪm] / US or subprime UK / US adjective economics used to describe lending at a higher than usual rate of interest because it involves borrowers who are less likely to be able to pay back their loan the subprime mortgage crisis …
2sub|prime — «SUHB prym», adjective. relating to a mortgage or other loan that is made to borrowers with a poor credit or no credit history: »In many ways, subprime loans, or lending to individuals with poor credit, are the consumer equivalent of junk bonds… …
3Loan modification in the United States — Loan modification, the systematic alteration of contactual mortgage loan agreements, has been practiced in the United States since the 1930s. During the Great Depression loan modification programs took place at the state level in an effort to… …
4Mortgage discrimination — or mortgage lending discrimination is the practice of banks, governments or other lending institutions denying loans to one or more groups of people primarily on the basis of race, ethnic origin, sex or religion. One of the most notable instances …
5Subprime mortgage crisis — Part of a series on: Late 2000s financial crisis Major dimensions …
6Mortgage-backed security — Securities Securities Bond Stock Investment fund Derivative Structured finance Agency security …
7Adjustable-rate mortgage — A variable rate mortgage, adjustable rate mortgage (ARM), or tracker mortgage is a mortgage loan with the interest rate on the note periodically adjusted based on an index which reflects the cost to the lender of borrowing on the credit… …
8ninja loan — n. A loan or mortgage given to a person who has no income, no job, and no assets. Also: NINJA loan. [From the phrase, No Income, No Job or Assets.] Example Citations: It s not as though the absurd excesses of the mortgage market were some big… …
9Commercial mortgage — Finance Financial markets Bond market …
10Hard money loan — A hard money loan is a specific type of asset based loan financing in which a borrower receives funds secured by the value of a parcel of real estate. Hard money loans are typically issued at much higher interest rates than conventional… …
