Predatory lending: A decade of warnings

By Kat Aaron

Both Congress and the Fed did little to stop spread of subprime crisis

Excerpts from this story referencing "Adjustable-rate mortgage":

"… percent of the market.The loans themselves also changed during the 2000s. Adjustable-rate mortgages, which generally begin at a low fixed introductory rate and then climb to …"

Ex-WaMu worker claims he was shunned for refusing to push toxic loans on borrowers

By Michael Hudson

Ex-WaMu employee says he fought pressure to sell toxic loans