Monday, July 16, 2007

Mortgage lender Alliance Bancorp files Chapter 7

(Reuters) - Once known as United Financial Mortgage Corp., Alliance joined at least a half dozen other U.S. mortgage lenders to seek bankruptcy protection since December. The sector has struggled with rising borrowing costs, stagnating home prices, and soaring delinquencies and defaults.




Alliance differed from most struggling lenders in that it specialized in "Alt-A" home loans, rather than "subprime" loans that have caused the greatest problems.


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