Article: Group Says Minorities Disproportionately Burdened by Subprime Loans.

Article: Subprime loans concentrated in low-income areas: ...
Los Angeles Business Journal;  March 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... mortgages. (The 27 percent figure and all ... because not all subprime loans could be counted ... buyers are." 13 percent countywide In fact ... surprising numbers of subprime loans in working class ... down payment. Subprime loans have traditionally ... for only about 5 ...

Article: PERSONAL FINANCE : Subprime loans more common here.
Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN);  September 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... borrowers. Last year, subprime loans were priced above 8 percent, while prime loans for ... borrowers nationwide received subprime loans last year, compared with 23 percent of white borrowers who received subprime loans, according to Patrick ...

Article: A `smoking gun' on race, subprime loans Fresh ...
The Boston Globe;  March 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... seven US lending institutions had subprime loans, compared with 13 percent of white borrowers, according ... of black borrowers and 8.2 percent of Latinos had subprime loans, compared with 2.2 percent of whites. At Washington Mutual ...

Article: Mortgage Stress Seen for '06; Delinquencies on Subprime ...
The Washington Post;  December 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... of 2005, and about 1 percent of loans had passed ... Association. But the rate for subprime loans was much higher -- about 10.3 percent of such loans were in ... Carolina found that 20 percent of subprime loans went into foreclosure ...

Article: The Philadelphia Inquirer On Personal Finance column: Real bubble ...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  February 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... matters worse, about 80 percent of subprime loans carry interest rates that ... percent. Finally, about 70 percent of subprime loans, unlike conventional ... Lending estimates that 20 percent of the subprime loans issued over the last two ...

Article: Delinquencies increase among 'subprime' loans: ...
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  March 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... number of new subprime loans in the Baltimore ... from less than 5 percent of the market ... bought homes with subprime loans are in trouble ... percentage of subprime loans with late payments ... more than 30 percent from the end ...

Article: Low-Income, Minority Homebuyers Are Still More Likely to Get ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... study reported. Subprime loans made up 10.06 percent of refinance loans ... between the share of subprime loans among blacks, at 28.35 percent -- and whites ... whites, at 10.06 percent. Subprime loans are typically aimed ...