subprime in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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These foreclosures were mostly caused by the packaging and selling of subprime and other risky mortgages.
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Borrowers still further outside the income, asset and credit limits might need to consider subprime financingdifficult to find as of 2008.
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Easy credit, and a belief that house prices would continue to appreciate, had encouraged many subprime borrowers to obtain adjustable-rate mortgages.
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The failure rates of subprime mortgages were the first symptom of a credit boom turned to bust and of a real estate shock.
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Subprime mortgage loans are riskier loans in that they are made to borrowers unable to qualify under traditional, more stringent criteria due to a limited or blemished credit history.
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It ended in 1999 when the rate of subprime mortgage securitization dropped from 55.1% in 1998 to 37.4% in 1999.
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As underwriting standards deteriorated and the housing market became saturated, subprime mortgages became less abundant.
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The bank's losses were related to the recession, though it was not engaged in subprime lending.
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The failure rates of subprime mortgages were the first symptom of a credit boom tuned to bust and of a real estate shock.
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These firms needed a cash infusion due to losses resulting from mismanagement and the subprime mortgage crisis.
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