As the credit crisis unfolded and the behaviour of lenders became conmon knowledge. They were heavily criticised. At a hearing before the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on 22 March 2007, the Senate Chaiman, Christopher Dodd, called the predatory lending of " unconscionable and deceptive" ,He described predatory lending as the sale to homeowners of loans they could not afford - specifically, the sale of ARMs to disadvantaged groups such as the elderly, low-income households and unsophisticated borrowers. When the low introductory interest rate of ARMs expired after two years the rate rose so steeply that borrowers were faced with what Dodd called a"kind of devil's dilemma". Borrowers were forced to make one of three stark choices:refinance at a far greater cost,sell or default on the loan. Examples of the different forms of predatory lending are presented in table