The subprime meltdown includes the economic and market fallout following the housing boom and bust from 2007 to 2009.

The meltdown of the subprime mortgage market in 2007 and 2008 led to the Great Recession. Learn more about the factors that caused the financial crisis.

A subprime mortgage is normally issued to borrowers with lower credit ratings. It typically carries a higher interest rate that can increase over time.

Subprime refers to borrowers with a poor credit history or none at all. Subprime loans carry higher interest rates to make up for the greater risk that subprime ...

1. Are subprime loans an unethical financial instrument, or are they ethical tools that were misused? 2. Discuss the ethical issues that caused the ...

A subprime loan is a loan offered at a rate above prime to individuals who do not qualify for prime-rate loans.

In the early and mid-2000s, high-risk mortgages became available from lenders who funded mortgages by repackaging them into pools that were sold to investors.

The American subprime mortgage crisis was a multinational financial crisis that occurred between 2007 and 2010 that contributed to the 2007–2008 global ...

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