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January 3, 2007: Ownit Mortgage Solutions Chapter 11 bankruptcy and liquidation Mortgage lender January 29, 2007: American Freedom Mortgage: Chapter 11 bankruptcy and liquidation Mortgage lender February 21, 2007: First Merchant Bank: withdrawal of the concession Offshore bank [1] April 2, 2007: New Century: Chapter 11 bankruptcy and ...
April 2: New Century Financial, largest U.S. subprime lender, files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. [138] April 3: According to CNN Money, business sources report lenders made $640 billion in subprime loans in 2006, nearly twice the level three years earlier; subprime loans amounted to about 20 percent of the nation's mortgage lending and about 17 ...
The company was among the largest subprime lenders in the United States, ranking seventh in 2005 and fifth in 2006 in the dollar volume of subprime mortgage originations. [3] GE ceased WMC's operations in late 2007 due to the subprime market collapse. [4] GE's WMC Mortgage unit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [5]
The company had made adjustable-rate mortgage loans without considering the customers ability to pay after the initial teaser rate had expired. [8] The company also faced a class action lawsuit in 2008. [9] The company emerged from bankruptcy in 2010 and was acquired by Signature Group Holdings LLC.
The value of U.S. subprime mortgages was estimated at $1.3 trillion as of March 2007, [18] with over 7.5 million first-lien subprime mortgages outstanding. [19] Approximately 16% of subprime loans with adjustable rate mortgages (ARM) were 90-days delinquent or in foreclosure proceedings as of October 2007, roughly triple the rate of 2005. [20]
FHA loans “generally require a lower minimum credit score and down payment than conventional mortgages,” Tayne says (as low as 580 and 3.5 percent down, or 500 and 10 percent down). USDA loan
The company's name was derived from the phrase “direct technology.” [3] [4] DiTech became one of the first lenders to offer mortgages to the public online and via a toll-free number. [3] In April 1995, Reddam began originating, selling, and servicing mortgage loans tied to the prime interest rate .
[3] As of the end of 2006, the company had $48 billion, or 76% of its mortgage portfolio invested in subprime loans. [4] In January 2007, the company eliminated 1,000 jobs. [5] In October 2007, the company eliminated 3,000 jobs. [6] At the beginning of 2007, the company had 14,000 employees. [7]