NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Shares of subprime lender New Century Financial Corp. may struggle if a U.S. economic slowdown and bursting of a housing-price bubble result in fewer new mortgages and more delinquencies, according to the latest edition of Barron's, the weekly financial newspaper.
"Inevitably the day will come when flattening or falling property values play hob with the sub-prime lending market, and there's no more equity left to borrow against," Barron's said. "That ...
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