I'm not quite sure I understand your statement about "unbelievable tight lending envioronment". The interest rate just dropped .75 of a point and it appears that there may soon be more. Yes, unsecured sub-prime loans are no more but that's not the case here. Applications for loans are on a steep rise, and if the company is making money like the November report says, I see no problem.
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