TY - BOOK AU - Bitner,Richard TI - Confessions of a subprime lender: an insider's tale of greed, fraud, and ignorance SN - 9780470402191 (pbk.) AV - HG 2040 B624c 2008 U1 - 332.7/220973 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Mortgage loans KW - United States KW - Prestamos hipotecarios KW - Estados Unidos KW - Bienes raíces KW - Negocios KW - Préstamos hipotecarios subprime N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186); Why I bailed out of the subprime industry -- The gunslinging business of subprime lending -- The underbelly: mortgage brokers -- Making chicken salad out of chicken shit: the art of creative financing -- Wall Street and the rating agencies: greed at its worst -- Secondary contributors: the Fed, consumers, retail lenders, homebuilders, and realtors -- How to fix a broken industry N2 - Confessions of a Subprime Lender pulls back the curtain on the players who created the subprime disaster, including brokers, lenders, Wall Street investment firms, and rating agencies who worked the system to their advantage. Interwoven with dramatic personal anecdotes, Confessions of a Subprime Lender explains how the subprime industry blew up and concludes with a comprehensive solution for rebuilding it by forcing changes on all the key players UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2008019035-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2008019035-t.html ER -