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And the banks themselves are overexposed due to what appears to be systematic cooking of the books on these loans. See this article published yesterday about on
by ordinaryradical 6y ago
And the banks themselves are overexposed due to what appears to be systematic cooking of the books on these loans. See this article published yesterday about one whistleblower’s fight to expose this:
https://www.propublica.org/article/whistleblower-wall-street-has-engaged-in-widespread-manipulation-of-mortgage-funds https://www.propublica.org/article/whistleblower-wall-street...
To pull out just one of several frightening figures from that article, just one of the commercial backed securities they analyzed appeared to have over half its properties fudged to appear more profitable.
- canada_dry 6y ago> several frightening figures It's hard not to imagine some pretty frightening scenarios on how this might play out over the next 12-24 mos. The far-reaching unemployment this could cause (if/when lenders start calling these loans) has significant long term implications.