B&C News Briefs The South Central region continues to be the most profitable place to make nonprime loans, according to new research from University Financial Associates. The Michigan-based think-tank’s winter 2000 analysis of the best places to lend showed borrower characteristics and housing stock values that had the South Central, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi, positioned better than other regions to withstand an economic slowdown. Other states where economic conditions are currently favorable to lenders