air loan

Spanish translation: préstamos ficticios

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English term or phrase:air loan
Spanish translation:préstamos ficticios
Entered by: Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)

16:26 Sep 17, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Real Estate
English term or phrase: air loan
"When the house does not exist, the mortgage is called an “air loan,” which is very embarrassing and costly for lenders when they try to foreclose, the ultimate result in all these cases."

I have spent a significant amount of time researching how to say AIR LOAN in Spanish with no success. HELP!
Thanks
Ceci
Cecilia Castro de Anderson
Local time: 16:41
prestamos ficticios
Explanation:
Lies Are Growing In Loan ProcessWhat if your loan officer thought up some creative ways for you to get into a ... brokers create what the FBI calls "air loans" -- fictitious borrowers, ...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/AR... - Similar pages


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Note added at 3 minutos (2007-09-17 16:30:31 GMT)
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Sorry: "Préstamos"
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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Local time: 22:41
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4 +2prestamos ficticios
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
5préstamos del aire
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prestamos ficticios


Explanation:
Lies Are Growing In Loan ProcessWhat if your loan officer thought up some creative ways for you to get into a ... brokers create what the FBI calls "air loans" -- fictitious borrowers, ...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/AR... - Similar pages


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Note added at 3 minutos (2007-09-17 16:30:31 GMT)
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Sorry: "Préstamos"

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
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préstamos del aire


Explanation:
it is a metaphor, "del aire" means "out of blue"

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Note added at 33 mins (2007-09-17 16:59:55 GMT)
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Air Loans - This is a non-existent property loan where there is usually no collateral. An example of an air loan would be where a broker invents borrowers and properties, establishes accounts for payments, and maintains custodial accounts for escrows. They may set up an office with a bank of telephones, each one used as the employer, appraiser, credit agency, etc., for verification purposes.

http://mortgageforensics.wordpress.com/category/fraud-loan-a...

MarinaM
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