There is a gigantic difference between who can get mortgages and at what kind of leverage one can get in Europe vs. United States. Completely private and manua

There is a gigantic difference between who can get mortgages and at what kind of leverage one can get in Europe vs. United States. Completely private and manual underwriting exists and always existed in the United States. The reason that it is not popular is that the vast majority of Americans would not qualify under any private underwriting guidelines for most of the loans Americans get ( and successfully pay for ).