While many delinquencies have been caused by
adjustable rate mortgages for subprime borrowers or with gimmicky features which caused payments to reset to unnaturally high levels, the rise in ten - year Treasury yields is a warning that a broader population
of mortgage holders could face higher
mortgage rates.
Sorry I mean't to add one other thought, if the card
holder is carrying a high balance and their interest
rates increase like the banks have been raising in recent months, this could backfire on the banks themselves, I mean since the banks give a 45 notification
of the increase and the consumer is already maxed out and can barely make the payments as it is, the increased interest
rates because
of how the congress requires at least all the monthly interest and some
of the principle to be paid on the cards, done so that consumers could reduce the amount
of time to illiminate their debts, this may spawn many card
holders whoms payments will increase much like those
adjustable rate mortgages that people walked away from to go wild with their remaining balances on the card and then default, the whole irony is that the consumer may very well use the card thats damaging them to pay for bankruptcy proceedings lol!