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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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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
Joint RBA-APRA Submission to the Inquiry into Home Lending Practices and Processes – August 2007 | Housing and Housing Finance | Submissions
8 Aug 2007
Submissions
Joint RBA-APRA Submission to the Inquiry into Home Lending Practices and Processes – August 2007
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/housing-and-housing-finance/inquiry-home-loan-lending-practices-and-processes/
Operations in Financial Markets
4 Sep 2008
RBA Annual Report
– 2008
sub-prime mortgage market. ... cent of the assets backing them comprise prime ‘full-doc’ residential mortgages.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2008/balance-sheet.html
Governor's Foreword
4 Sep 2008
RBA Annual Report
– 2008
It was apparent by the middle of 2007 that loss experiences in US sub-prime mortgages were severe and that financial institutions with exposures were going to be badly affected.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2008/gov-foreword.html
Inquiry into home loan lending practices and processes
30 Aug 2007
Submissions
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Papers submitted to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration's Inquiry into home loan lending practices and processes
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/housing-and-housing-finance/inquiry-home-loan-lending-practices-and-processes/pdf/inquiry-home-loan-lending-practices-and-processes.pdf
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
Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report 2008
8 Sep 2008
RBA Annual Report
2008
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2008/pdf/2008-report.pdf
Housing Finance | Submission to the inquiry into Competition in the Banking and Non-Banking Sectors – July 2008 | Financial Sector |…
10 Jul 2008
Submissions
one of the factors that contributed to the sub-prime problems. ... The relatively low credit risk historically associated with Australian prime mortgages, together with strong longer-term demand for highly rated bonds from institutional investors,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/inquiry-competition-in-banking-and-non-banking-sector/housing-finance.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
Submission to the Financial System Inquiry March 2014
10 Nov 2017
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Financial System Inquiry
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03/pdf/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03.pdf