Search: Sub-prime mortgage
RBA Glossary definition for Sub-prime mortgage
Sub-prime mortgage – While there is no precise definition of sub-prime mortgages, in the United States, they are typically loans made to borrowers with impaired credit histories, which might include one or more payment defaults, a previous loan foreclosure, or bankruptcy.
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Boxes
22 Mar 2024
FSR
A number of Boxes on topics of special interest are published in the Financial Stabiilty Review. These boxes can be read as stand-alone documents or within the relevant Financial Stability Review.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/boxes.html
Recent Influences on the Competitive Environment | Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry – September 2017 | Financial Sector |…
6 Sep 2017
Submissions
It was used by a new class of mortgage lenders, known as mortgage originators, as well as smaller ADIs. ... As a result of the US sub-prime crisis, there was a reappraisal of the risks of investing in securitised products globally, and this also affected
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/competition-in-the-financial-system/recent-influences-on-the-competitive-environment.html
Competition, Efficiency and Innovation in Banking | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – March 2014 | Financial Sector | Submissions
1 Mar 2014
Submissions
In Australia, the arrival of mortgage originators led to a marked decline in spreads to the cash rate on mortgages. ... Following the onset of the US sub-prime crisis, there was a reappraisal of the risks associated with investing in securitised products.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03/competition-efficiency-and-innovation.html
Household and Business Balance Sheets
10 Sep 2011
FSR
– September 2011
The near absence of sub-prime housing loans in Australia relative to the United States is one prominent example. ... Third, as noted above, a large share of mortgage borrowers in Australia make excess repayments.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2011/sep/house-bus-bal-sheet.html
Trends in Lending | Submission to the Inquiry into Competition within the Australian Banking Sector – November 2010 | Financial Sector |…
30 Nov 2010
Submissions
There were very few mortgages offered that were similar to the US sub-prime mortgages. ... As a result, sub-prime equivalent mortgages now account for less than 1 per cent of the stock of housing loans outstanding.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/inquiry-competition-within-australian-banking-sector-2010/trends.html
Ownership of Australian Equities and Corporate Bonds
10 Sep 2010
Bulletin
– September 2010
Graph 5. Securitisation markets globally were greatly affected by investors' reappraisal of risk following the collapse of the US sub-prime market in 2007. ... Bulletin. , November, pp 1–6. Debelle G (2008), ‘A Comparison of the US and Australian
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2010/sep/4.html
Household and Business Balance Sheets
10 Sep 2010
FSR
– September 2010
The availability of mortgages underwritten to laxer lending standards – such as low-documentation and non-conforming loans – has fallen with reduced competition in the mortgage market and restricted funding for securitisations. ... Securitised
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2010/sep/house-bus-bal-sheet.html
The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Bond Market
10 Jun 2010
Bulletin
– June 2010
As has been well documented elsewhere, the collapse of the US sub-prime mortgage market led to a general reappraisal of the risks involved with all structured credit markets and a ... Bulletin. , October, pp 1–12. Debelle G (2008), ’A Comparison of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2010/jun/8.html
The Global Financial Environment
10 Mar 2010
FSR
– March 2010
arrears. Loan quality remains particularly poor on sub-prime mortgages, with around one quarter of such mortgages more than 30 days in arrears, but prime loans, whether on lenders' balance sheets ... Also in February, the Swedish financial regulator
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2010/mar/global-fin-env.html
Panel Discussion on Fifty Years of Monetary Policy: What Have We Learned? | Conference – 2010
9 Feb 2010
Conferences
The obvious answer is to use regulatory instruments, such as mortgage terms, and possibly countercyclical capital and maybe liquidity ratios. ... Simple prudential tools would have prevented sub-prime mortgages from coming into being and their derivative
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2010/cagliarini-kent-stevens-disc.html