Probably because they knew the Feds would never allow so many people to lose their homes. It's sort of like the fabled "Greenspan put" [1], if something bad hap

Probably because they knew the Feds would never allow so many people to lose their homes. It's sort of like the fabled "Greenspan put" [1], if something bad happens you can count on Uncle Sam to pump things back up. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspan_put https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspan_put