Wednesday, April 18, 2007

What Percentage Subprime?

This chart is from the WSJ's Marketbeat blog. Notice the large percentage of loans written last year to either subprime borrowers or second homebuyers.

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I'm not saying this is good or bad. What I am saying is it seems like a fair amount of mortgage loans were made to people who either had questionable credit or already had a home.