It's understandable;
defaults on mortgages hit a peak of 11 % in 2011.
Not exact matches
And these short sales (I'm going out
on a limb here) may prove to be the first version of a new generation of
mortgages that meet the needs of individuals more precisely — and are far less likely to be
hit by
defaults.
When housing
hit the skids and homeowners
defaulted on their
mortgages, this insurance would rise in value — and Mr. Paulson would make a killing.
In my mind, the
mortgage defaults will occur
on a large scale when the recession
hits, not before.
However due to the housing «crisis» and recession tied to it HUD had to increase the FHA's cost of borrowing to re-fund its MMI fund (Mutual
Mortgage Insurance fund, which losses
on FHA loans are paid to lenders from) that had taken a
hit due to
defaults and foreclosures in 2008 - 2012.