In Washington Household is being investigated for numerous lending violations in the sub prime markets. The story is on the major business news sites. Sorry I don't have a link.
I saw it on the AOL business news this morniing. Said the state of Wa. officals are sharing information with other states. The end result is going to be fewer and fewer players willing to enter the subprime market.
Did a search on Yahoo Business News check out this link http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?c=&p=Household
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2000/06/19/daily11.html Household Bank sued for fraud in Arizona too.
Amen, It happend to me. I did a second on my home for a business purpose and they offered me 11% . When I went to sign paper's it was a amazing 15% ? I just payed it off before it had climbed to 19% . Dave