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Mortgage Meltdown: A Primer on America's Subprime Crisis

The US sub-prime mortgage collapse is affecting financial markets across the world and speculation of a US recession seems to be growing. Effects have been felt in Australia with mortgage lenders finding it more difficult to source funds at attractive rates and that rise in cost will be passed on to the consumer via higher rates.

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  • "August 2007 report from America's mortgage belt on the then emerging sub-prime issue. Looks at where the 2008 global financial crisis and the looming international recession began."
  • "The US sub-prime mortgage collapse is affecting financial markets across the world and speculation of a US recession seems to be growing. Effects have been felt in Australia with mortgage lenders finding it more difficult to source funds at attractive rates and that rise in cost will be passed on to the consumer via higher rates."@en
  • "Explains how the subprime market was created through a unique set of circumstances beginning with the fallout from September 11. Charts the rise of easy credit to the point where mortgage brokers were running out of customers. Enter the subprime loan, the loan you could get when, as one real estate agent tells, the only criterion was to see if the client was breathing. The program reveals how predatory lenders were unregulated and often unscrupulous, targeting people they knew couldn't pay. The broker would make the loan, take a fat commission, and pass on the responsibility as quickly as possible."
  • ""Reporter Paul Barry explains how the subprime market was created through a unique set of circumstances beginning with the fallout from September 11. The program charts the rise of easy credit to the point where mortgage brokers were running out of customers. Enter the subprime loan, the loan you could get when, as one real estate agent tells Four Corners, the only criterion was to see if the client was breathing. The program reveals how predatory lenders were unregulated and often unscrupulous, targeting people they knew couldn't pay. The broker would make the loan, take a fat commission, and pass on the responsibility as quickly as possible. One lawyer tells the program: "It's American capitalism at its worst."--Website."@en
  • ""Reporter Paul Barry explains how the subprime market was created through a unique set of circumstances beginning with the fallout from September 11. The program charts the rise of easy credit to the point where mortgage brokers were running out of customers. Enter the subprime loan, the loan you could get when, as one real estate agent tells Four Corners, the only criterion was to see if the client was breathing. The program reveals how predatory lenders were unregulated and often unscrupulous, targeting people they knew couldn't pay. The broker would make the loan, take a fat commission, and pass on the responsibility as quickly as possible. One lawyer tells the program: "It's American capitalism at its worst."--Website."
  • "A replay of the programme from 17 September 2007, with a new introduction, as a timely reflection on the makings of the financial crisis which is now unfolding throughout the world."@en
  • ""This program explains how the U.S. subprime market grew from the post-9/11 rise of easy credit, which was then exploited by predatory lenders; subsequent widespread defaults and foreclosures; the attendant market correction; and the resulting threat of recession. Yale University's Robert Shiller; BusinessWeek's Matthew Goldstein; Nouriel Roubini, of the Stern School of Business; JPMorgan's Bruce Kasman; and Satyajit Das--an expert on hedge funds and credit markets and an adviser to banks around the world--give their views, along with everyday people who, trapped in the mortgage meltdown, have lost their homes. It's said that when the U.S. sneezes, the rest of the world gets a cold. Will America's unfolding subprime mortgage crisis prove the truth of that adage?"--FMG website."@en
  • ""Reporter Paul Barry explains how the subprime market was created through a unique set of circumstances beginning with the fallout from September 11. The program charts the rise of easy credit to the point where mortgage brokers were running out of customers. Enter the subprime loan, the loan you could get when, as one real estate agent tells Four Corners, the only criterion was to see if the client was breathing. The program reveals how predatory lenders were unregulated and often unscrupulous, targeting people they knew couldn?t pay. The broker would make the loan, take a fat commission, and pass on the responsibility as quickly as possible. One lawyer tells the program: "It?s American capitalism at its worst." -- website."@en
  • "This program explains how the U.S. subprime market grew from the post-9/11 rise of easy credit, which was then exploited by predatory lenders; subsequent widespread defaults and foreclosures; the attendant market correction; and the resulting threat of recession. Yale University's Robert Schiller; BusinessWeek's Matthew Goldstein; Nouriel Roubini, of the Stern School of Business; JPMorgan's Bruce Kasman; and Satyajit Das-an expert on hedge funds and credit markets and an adviser to banks around the world-give their views, along with everyday people who, trapped in the mortgage meltdown, have lost their homes. It's said that when the U.S. sneezes, the rest of the world gets a cold. Will America's unfolding subprime mortgage crisis prove the truth of that adage? (43 minutes)."@en
  • ""Explains how the U.S. subprime market grew from the post-9/11 rise of easy credit, which was then exploited by predatory lenders; subsequent widespread defaults and foreclosures; the attendant market correction; and the resulting threat of recession"--Container."@en
  • "This program explains how the U.S. subprime market grew from the post-9/11 rise of easy credit, which was then exploited by predatory lenders; subsequent widespread defaults and foreclosures; the attendant market correction; and the resulting threat of recession. Yale University's Robert Schiller; BusinessWeek's Matthew Goldstein; Nouriel Roubini, of the Stern School of Business; JPMorgan's Bruce Kasman; and Satyajit Das-an expert on hedge funds and credit markets and an adviser to banks around the world-give their views, along with everyday people who, trapped in the mortgage meltdown, have lost their homes. It's said that when the U.S. sneezes, the rest of the world gets a cold. Will America's unfolding subprime mortgage crisis prove the truth of that adage?"@en
  • ""Replay of a 2007 episode with a new introduction. Reporter Paul Barry explains how the subprime market was created through a unique set of circumstances beginning with the fallout from September 11. The program charts the rise of easy credit to the point where mortgage brokers were running out of customers. Enter the subprime loan, the loan you could get when, as one real estate agent tells Four Corners, the only criterion was to see if the client was breathing. The program reveals how predatory lenders were unregulated and often unscrupulous, targeting people they knew couldn't pay. The broker would make the loan, take a fat commission, and pass on the responsibility as quickly as possible. One lawyer tells the program: "It's American capitalism at its worst."--Website."@en

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