Homeowners stuck as lenders cinch standards

Experts say there's plenty of blame to go around. During the real estate boom, lenders began offering an array of loans to borrowers with poor credit histories. They let many borrowers finance 100% of the purchase price, often asking for little or no proof of income or assets. Last year, 43% of loans required little or no documentation of the borrower's finances, according to First American LoanPerformance. These "stated-income" loans have earned the ... Full Story »

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by Lisa Flay - Mar. 7, 2007

The author did cover this story well. I didn't understand these loans when speaking with a lender, but now I feel I now understand these loans a little bit more. The only thing I haven't heard with regards to this story is how it resembles the international monetary fund practice of lending money to countries that they know they will not be able to pay off and then swooping in and taking all assets.

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