Subprime layoffs head for record

topic posted Wed, September 19, 2007 - 11:21 AM by  Viking
Worst may not be over yet for lending industry as job losses on way to breaking mark set in 2001.

If the banking industry, with its load of worries caused by the subprime meltdown, has another month like it did in August, it will be in record territory for job losses.

Last month, banks with ties to the subprime mortgage industry laid off more than 26,000 employees, the most of any month since global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas began keeping such records in 1993.

Overall, that brought the total layoff damage to 107,758 in the financial industry this year. Another month that even remotely resembles recent trends will send the layoff total soaring past the 116,515 mark set during the recession of 2001.

Read more . . . money.cnn.com/2007/09/19/...fs/index.htm

My office is feeling the impact as more and more of our lenders go belly up. Sometimes they notify you, sometimes they are just gone. Anyone else having problems?
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Viking
SF Bay Area
  • Re: Subprime layoffs head for record

    Wed, September 19, 2007 - 4:03 PM
    oh yes. my last closing.....the lender went bankrupt the day before our mortgage contingency was due. we had to scramble and ended up getting a portfolio loan through a bank in Missouri. then of course we couldn't get the 80/20 anymore - so we had to go with an LPMI.

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