The Ethical and Moral Issues of Predatory Lending Caryn Williams Southern New Hampshire Business Law Gerri Drelling August 24‚ 2014 Abstract From childhood to adulthood‚ we have been taught that part of achieving the “American dream’ is owning a home. How will the worth of that dream be altered after absorbing hundred of billions of dollars in losses incurred from the subprime mortgage crisis (Ruzich and Grant‚ 2009). Moreover‚ many potential homeowners saw subprime loans as a means to achieve
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Lending combines the science of obtaining and analysing the facts of a loan request and the art of making judgements about that information‚ the feasibility of the business‚ and the credibility of the borrower. Experienced lenders focus on the key business issues quickly‚ determine what information is needed‚ and then make prompt decisions based on that information. Business valuation is an art and not a science‚ because valuation methods involve subjective judgements of what a business might be
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Predatory Lending In communities across America‚ people are losing their homes and their investments because of predatory lenders‚ appraisers‚ mortgage brokers and home improvement contractors who: Sell properties for much more than they are worth using false appraisals. They encourage borrowers to lie about their income‚ expenses‚ or cash available for down payments in order to get a loan and knowingly lend more money than a borrower can afford to repay. The problem has continued to get worse
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Subprime Mortgage Crisis The subprime mortgage crisis is a financial and real estate crisis that has been going on in the United States between the years 2007 and 2010. It began because of a drastic increase in mortgage delinquencies‚ foreclosures‚ failures in credit default swaps‚ saturation of the debt and real estate markets and reverse trading. All these parameters had an adverse effect on the financial markets and banks all over the world. In recent times‚ The United States witnessed a rise
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Constance M. Ruzich and A. J. Grant‚ authors of “Predatory Lending and the Devouring of the American Dream‚” argue that the downfall of the American dream has occurred because of predatory lending acts. According to the authors‚ predatory lending and inequality play a very significant role in the corruption of the American dream. Predatory lending has caused many conflicts in the American society. Victims who fall for predatory lending are usually low income homeowners or those having financial
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The Ethics of Predatory Lending in the Housing Industry The real estate industry is thriving with approximately sixty-eight percent of all Americans being homeowners. With low interest rates‚ 1st time home buyer down payment assistance programs‚ and government funded educational opportunities (i.e. the Home Ownership Center of Greater Cincinnati)‚ the real estate and mortgage lending industries will continue to flourish. However‚ there are some unethical lending practices that are threatening
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Predatory lending is unfair and abusive lending practices that convince borrowers who are not adequately knowledgeable in financial matters and who do not have high enough credit score to get a loan at standard condition‚ to accept the extremely unfavorable credit conditions. Predators lenders’ extremely unfavorable credit conditions that are set such terrible conditions that borrower pay increased loan fees‚ and higher rates and sometimes the loan terms can cause borrower to lose a significant portion
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Spenser Yeager Ethics Final Ethics of Sub-Prime Lending Introduction As a topic for this research paper‚ I decided to analyze the ethics behind the recent mortgage crisis in the United States. Banks were approving people for loans very easily‚ to people they knew would not be able to pay them back. Thus‚ many people were buying homes‚ missing payments‚ getting foreclosed on‚ and ruining what credit they had. Throughout this paper I intend to show how the practices that the banks were
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Communities Creating OPPORTUNITY NOW Agenda—October 18th‚ 2011‚ 6:30pm to 8:15pm Yellow highlight=needs revision or update Magenta highlight=program team help cue the audience to participate through applause‚ sign waving‚ cheers‚ standing Red means this is a pin question—commitment question we are asking to those present in the audience or our elected officials or civic leaders. Green highlight means we will reinforce this point with a power point slide or graph. 6:00 pm God’s Power Band
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What is payday lending? A type of short-term borrowing where an individual borrows a small amount at a very high rate of interest. The borrower typically writes a post-dated personal check in the amount they wish to borrow plus a fee in exchange for cash. The lender holds onto the check and cashes it on the agreed upon date‚ usually the borrower’s next payday. These loans are also called cash advance loans or check advance loans. 2. Do you think it fills a gap? I believe payday lending fills a gap
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