Downturn in mortgage market affects homeowners LINCOLN, NE (NET Radio) - Across the country, there's an alarming rise in the number of people in trouble with their subprime mortgages - high risk, high interest rate loans that often start out with low teaser rates. When interest rates rise, as they have been, and the introductory period ends, people wind up late with their payments, or even facing foreclosure. Sharon Taubert with Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Nebraska in Omaha, says she's definitely seeing more people with problems like that. © Copyright 2018, NET Radio