Housing Slump Hits Lenders of High-Risk Loans

by Jim Zarroli, NPR
December 6, 2006

The mortgage business could be heading for trouble as the housing market slumps, especially lenders who dealt in high-risk loans. One big bank, HSBC, announced that its losses from bad loans would probably grow this quarter.

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