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2. Regulatory responses to the subprime crisis - Wikipedia

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   Provides loans for the refinancing of mortgages to owner-occupants at risk of foreclosure. The original lender or investor reduces the amount of the original mortgage (typically taking a significant loss) and the homeowner shares any future appreciation with the Federal Housing Administration. The new loans must be 30-year fixed loans.

3. Loan modification in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Extending the length of the mortgage loan as appropriate; Reducing the mortgage loan interest rate in increments of 0.125 percent to an interest rate that is not less than 3 percent. If the new rate is set below the market interest rate, after five years it will step up in annual increments to either the original loan interest rate or the ...

4. Government policies and the subprime mortgage crisis

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   Among the new mortgage loan types created and gaining in popularity in the early 1980s were adjustable-rate, option adjustable-rate, balloon-payment and interest-only mortgages. These new loan types are credited with replacing the long-standing practice of banks making conventional fixed-rate, amortizing mortgages.

5. What is a subprime mortgage? - AOL

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   However, if a subprime mortgage is the only way you can become a homeowner, this type of loan might be worth the downsides. Consumer protections are more robust now than they were during the ...

6. Government intervention during the subprime mortgage crisis

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   In order for the deal to go through J.P. Morgan Chase required [24] the Fed to issue a nonrecourse loan of $29 billion to Bear Stearns. [25] [4] This means that the loan is collateralized by mortgage debt [26] and that the government can't go after J.P. Morgan Chase's assets if the mortgage debt collateral becomes insufficient to repay the loan ...

7. Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - Wikipedia

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   The bill, if it were passed, would modify the budgetary treatment of federal credit programs, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. [41] The bill would require that the cost of direct loans or loan guarantees be recognized in the federal budget on a fair-value basis using guidelines set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. [41]