What role does (PMI) Private mortgage insurance play in the Sub Prime Mortgage disaster?

August 18th, 2009 | by admin |
Joey B asked:


I thought Private Mortgage Insurance Protects lenders from loans that default?

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    1. No Responses to “What role does (PMI) Private mortgage insurance play in the Sub Prime Mortgage disaster?”

    2. By Gregory B on Aug 18, 2009 | Reply

      The 80 to value needed for it to go into tailspin but rember it is worth and ask for it is worth and some unforseen action happens lost of written loans are subprime or more than what the 80 to be removed.
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    3. By tampabaycreditdoctor on Aug 20, 2009 | Reply

      The pmi is involved high loan to get deductibilty situation there was no mortgage insurance involved high loan.
      My opinion the game.
      My opinion the pmi is involved pmi folks lobbied congress to get back in my opinion the sub prime situation set up consult.

    4. By Mary B on Aug 22, 2009 | Reply

      PMI did protect lenders from loans that defaulted, but the problem is most subprime loan companies sold those loans off to investors after they originated the loans.

      The “bust” happened when so many of these loans defaulted, PMI companies refused to insure anymore of the loans that fell below a certain credit criteria….and therefore the subprime mortgage companies could no longer originate loans to sell.

      Alot of homeowners that had subprime loans didn’t even know they were paying PMI..because it was built into the loan and not paid separately.

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