The Next Mortgage Meltdown: Alt-A Default Rate to Surpass 50% → Washingtons Blog
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

The Next Mortgage Meltdown: Alt-A Default Rate to Surpass 50%

Rating service Fitch is backpedaling on its previous optimistic projections of Alt-A mortgages, and is now calling for a higher percentage of defaults. Fitch forecasts a default rate of up to 15% in some cases.

15% default rate doesn't sound that bad, right?

Actually, those in the know are calling for well over 50% defaults on Alt-A mortgages, and a meltdown in Option Arm mortgages as well:


Its not just subprime loans anymore.


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