2013-07-24americanbanker.com

``In addition to loose underwriting standards that extended mortgages to people who couldn't pay, variations included loans that had interest-only periods or initial teaser rates that became known as exploding ARMs when the rate spiked. Lending was based on the presumption that house prices would keep rising and the debt could be refinanced before onerous terms kicked in.''



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