California real estate loan risk levels increase

Lending institutions in California have increased their scrutiny of home loan applications because of higher default risk, the result of a shift in sales patterns and of a real estate market nearing the end of its boom cycle, a consumer Web site reported.

Risk levels for new mortgages statewide increased 28.6 percent from the first half of 2005 to the second half of the year.

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