Subprime lending

Most people nowadays assume that their hard earned money is pretty safe right? You would think that with all the guarantees and safety protocols banks have in place along with all the laws and rules, banks couldn’t get away with taking money from people. Well safe to say that your money is reasonably safe in this day in age, now that there are actually money rules and regulations put in place to keep your money where you desire it to be. But not so long ago, there were some pretty bad people…

20078 financial crises except for recent sharp increases in the prices of the assets that have affected the economic activity of the country. To curb this and its effects; banks have been encouraged to control their interest rates together with their lending so that it doesn’t blow out of proportion like the 2008…

of 2000-2007 was a time of strong economic growth, low inflation and low unemployment. The housing bubble caused a rapid growth in housing prices that increased faster than inflation and incomes of the public. In the United States, banks increased lending which in turn increased confidence…

Racial discrimination from lending institutions is still happening in the contemporary society. Historically, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) developed a “residential security map” to evaluate the risks in different neighborhood. This mapping system steadied the racial segregation in the society and also provided a tool for lending institutions to determine the loan availabilities only for certain group of people (Nier, Charles 622). For example, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)…

Since when did a house become a tool for profit? Is it wrong for people who could not otherwise afford it to own their own home? The Great Recession was caused, in part, by a “house of cards” that was built by subprime home loans. But who was at fault and are there lessons for the future? This paper will attempt to address these questions in the context of what I have learned in the text Ethical Theory and Business (Arnold, Beauchamp, & Bowie, 2013). “Capitalism is a system of social…

The two largest GSE’s, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, combined to back 5.4 trillion dollars in debt securities, essentially leaving the majority of home mortgage lenders reliant on the two GSEs. They gave out more subprime and Alt-A loans and their management had access to cheap money and the increasingly growing economy generated fast returns. This caused an increase in foreclosures housing prices to go up which in turned lead to losses for Fannie Mae and Freddie…

The secondary mortgage market is a huge piece of Americas real estate market. The secondary mortgage market allows bank to sell mortgages to certain investors and government lending agencies. This is where both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac come into play. Although the names of both of these agencies sound similar there is one key difference between the two agencies. Let's look at what each of these agencies has to do with the mortgage and housing industry. Fannie Mae Fannie Mae also known as…

Many people blame the 2008 financial crisis on the financial industry. Is that true? Does the financial industry really responsible for the 2008 financial crisis? I argue no. I believe that it was caused by something larger. I believe that it was by the system of capitalism that America so wholeheartedly embraces. Capitalism allows for people to strive to obtain as much profit as possible, and it also allows for a cycle of economic prosperity and downturn; both if which will be addressed in this…

In his essay “The Mansion: A Subprime Parable,” Michael Lewis reported that most Americans tend to desire houses they cannot afford. They start blaming rating agencies and mortgage brokers because they find themselves financially underwater. But according to Lewis claim, the lending business didn’t create this desire. The people did. He explains that most people want a house that reflects how well they are. They think that they will control the house but the truth that the house controls every…

During the year 2007, the housing market in the United States experienced one of the greatest recessions in history. In result, many companies either filled bankruptcy or closed their doors. In the midst of this crisis, the mortgage lending company Quicken Loans developed a corner on the market. As a result, the company’s founder Dan Gilbert became a face of the house market. In a 2014 article entitled “What kind of track records do Quicken Loans and Dan Gilbert have in Detroit? Does anyone…