Sentence Correction

The delinquency rates on mortgages for office buildings, hotels, shopping malls, and other commercial properties held by the nation’s insurance companies in recent months have increased sharply, leading to predictions that foreclosures on these types of loan could double over the next three years.


(A) in recent months have increased sharply, leading to predictions that foreclosures on these types of loan could double over the next three years
(B) have increased sharply in recent months, leading to predictions that foreclosures on these types of loans could double over the next three years
(C) have increased sharply in recent months, leading to predictions that doubling of foreclosures on these types of loans could occur over the next three years
(D) has increased sharply in recent months, and lead to predictions that over the next three years doubling of foreclosures on this type of loan could occur
(E) in recent months has increased sharply, and this leads to predictions that foreclosures on that type of loan in the next three years could double

OA : E
Why not B

Wow. I picked 'B' as well.
and the OA is 'E' ..that seems terribly wrong

No clue ....

expert comments please ...

I found this sentence in New York Times...

The delinquency rate on mortgages for office buildings, hotels, shopping malls and other commercial properties held by the nation's insurance companies has increased sharply in recent months, leading to predictions by some in the industry that foreclosures on these types of loans could double over the next three years.

In the questions it says RATES so HAS can not be the correct.

Deepa,
Whats the source thats providing the OA as E? Please tell me its not 1000 sc's..

I agree with aceceoolan/Logitech on B)

rates have / rate has

Damn!!

OA has to be B


Guys should we also mention the source along with the question.

Wat say!!

Lets have this as a rule

agreed

Sorry opening this thread again..
I too got the answer as (b)..Source:1000 SC's so the answer cannot be trusted but we can discuss and find the right one wattsay??
Explanations anyone?

There is no way E is correct.
So lets ignore that answer.

B is most logically correct.

In A, "have increased" (verb) should be closer to "delinquency rates" (noun) and therefore, the verb should come before "in recent months".
In C, "doubling of foreclosures" is awkward.
In D and E, subject-verb agreement is violated- "...rates (plural)...has (singular)...."
B is the best choice because rectifies the errors with other choices. Hence, B is the answer.