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They didn't anything illegal? Seems like it was fraud?
Unfortunately no. Fire alarm... be back when this is over to explain....
They didn't anything illegal? Seems like it was fraud?
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/09/cash-out-refis-missing-actor-in.html
more than half were cash out refis.
the banks found a way to tap into personal home equity that was very hard for the wealthy to tap
More than half of subprime loans are actually cash-out refinance loans. Those loans are used to pay off credit cards or other debts, take trips to Bermuda, buy an unaffordable car or do some speculative investing – in the market, real estate or elsewhere.
“These loans are all about people in a tough spot,” said Matthew Lee, head of Fair Finance Watch, a Bronx, N.Y.-based community group that has championed the cause of urban borrowers for whom a traditional bank loan is out of reach.
We see subprime offers all-over the place: “consolidate your debts” or “tap you home’s equity,” the ads read. As Lee puts it, why not pay off credit cards with 18% annual interest rates with a 9% loan?
Half the subprimes were cash out refis. This isn’t implausible. Freddie Mac reported that cash-out (meaning the new mortgage was at least 5% larger than the one it replaced) refis for its borrowers were 35% in the second quarter of 2007, and noted that refinancings as a proportion of total mortgages were declining, which is typical in a rising interest rate environment.
Read more at http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/09/cash-out-refis-missing-actor-in.html#5jIwy5WE58V4G4Op.99
super duper what are you going to throw in my face about the broker rules.
tell me what the reasoning was for holding bakc these rules for nearly a decade?
why ?
then why did the banks write so many of the subprimes that went way beyond the numbers the law talked of?
Becuase they could now sell securities and roll the subprime into them without warning their customers that it contained sub prime.
They lied to their customers.
That was illegal even under Bushs lax laws.
Now think about this.
if the people who were sold sub prime mostly ALREADY had purchases a home that means they didnt buy homes the couldnt afford huh?
Your lies about it dont fly
And no one, not one, has gone to jail!
Because the idiot politicians told them to keep lowering credit standards. The loose standards were a result of Glass Steagall being repealed under Clinton and the push by the two parties to 'get more homeowners than ever before'
That is complete bullshit. They always had the ability to sell the mortgages and they have always sold subprime in those packages. What changed was the repeal of Glass Steagall took down the firewall between the investment banks and the retail banks. They were not allowed to sell securities without stating what they held. So again you have no clue what you are talking about. What happened was the ratings agencies stated that if you lumped enough together it would mitigate the risk. The ratings agencies should be out of business for rating that AAA.
Bullshit. The prospectus stated what was in them Desh.
yes, lying to their customers is always and should always be illegal. Good catch. But they did not lie about what was in them.
Thanks for again proving beyond a doubt that you are an idiot.
please explain the charges and convictions for rolling subprime into triple AAA securities ?
http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2007/2007-190.htm
Timing and Temporary Exemption
As adopted, Regulation R provides banks with a transitional exemption until the first day of their first fiscal year commencing after Sept. 30, 2008. This will give banks time to make any necessary changes in their systems and compliance programs and should ensure that banks have time to come into compliance with the Exchange Act provisions relating to the broker definition. This exemptive rule will become effective on the date that the Commission's current order expires, Sept. 28, 2007.