Loan volume has been rising for over two years, though it remains below the pre-recession peak.
Moreover, for some originators, fees tied to loan volume made loan sales a higher priority than loan quality.
By lowering the costs associated with FHA mortgage financing, affordability increases for low-to-moderate income buyers and loan volume accelerates.
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This of course reduces FHA loan volume and jeopardizes those FHA loan projections.
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The loan volume had doubled this year, bringing in a flood of dollars into Brazil and adding to currency strength.
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By lowering the costs associated with FHA mortgage financing, affordability increases for low-to-moderate income buyers and loan volume actually accelerates.
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Education Department officials have said they can double loan volume through the direct loan program with existing personnel and computer systems.
Looking beyond Labor Day, LBO-driven loan volume is set to rise as the recent pickup in auction activity generates new-issue paper.
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Further out, LBO-driven loan volume is set to rise after Labor Day as the recent pickup in auction activity generates new-issue paper.
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The totals exclude mortgages, partly because home-loan volume is driven by refinancing.
Of course, that assumes that macro events do not intrude again, driving investors to the sidelines and keeping new-issue loan volume at bay.
Turn times vary based on loan volume, but for the most part loans should move through the underwriting queue in about 72 hours.
High savings (sometimes mandatory), interest rate controls, and high economic growth let Chinese banks enjoy a steady interest rate spread and a larger loan volume.
Amid strong demand, leveraged loan volume in August handily beat expectations.
Bob Ash, director of Wachovia 's small-business group, says loan volume has been steady in the past few weeks compared to the first quarter of 2007.
Indeed, after evenly splitting the leveraged finance pie in January there was roughly twice as much loan volume last month as there was high yield bond issuance.
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Fueled by issuer-friendly conditions, loan volume hit on all cylinders.
Global loan volume fell 61%, and loan volume in the U.S. fell 53% in the first six months of this year from the first half of last year, according to Dealogic.
That due diligence did not take place, and instead, defendants were more concerned with getting high volumes of loans from mortgage originators who were rewarded by Credit Suisse based on loan volume, the complaint says.
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The President talked directly about increasing the volume of loan modifications to keep people in their homes.
And to Wall Street the best part is the federal guarantees it retains: 86% of its loan portfolio, by dollar volume, is government-backed student loans--usually smallish amounts, for families of modest means.
What is happening is that landlords have been taking advantage of dropping rates and easing loan conditions to refinance and pay off a growing volume of the CMBS debt that they borrowed at higher rates earlier.
In the financial sector, despite weak trading volume in Q2, results are likely to top consensus expectations on improving credit quality and large releases from loan loss reserves.
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