November 21, 2024

The meltdown among lenders that specialize in home loans to people with weak credit, known in the industry as subprime lenders, again ravaged stock prices. Financial institutions from Britain's HSBC Holdings PLC to subprime leader Countrywide Financial Corp. sank amid reports of strained portfolios as loans went bad.

The latest to rattle the markets was New Century Financial Corp., the nation's second-largest subprime lender. The Irvine, Calif.-based company disclosed a criminal probe into the trading of its securities, and into the lender's accounting procedures.[tags]home loans,home mortgage,mortgage,housing bubble,real estate market[/tags] San Diego downtown condos

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