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By Henry Thornton, published 2/10/2007The US sub-prime fiasco is about overlending by financial institutions and overborrowing by people who mostly cannot afford the debt.
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Posted by Yindin, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 10:23:11 AM
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This group of people being mostly young people entering into the workforce for the first time, are being locked out of the housing market until their employment situation changes because no resposible lending facility will lend them money to by a house or flat with only a part time job.
Of greater concern to the economy is the worrying fact that this group of people, is getting credit given to them because they have jobs. This has encouraged huge debt that they cannot possibly service on part- time employment.