In mid 2007, the mortgage market faced a mortgage market disturbance and credit
crisis (credit market dislocation) which has persisted, leading to unprecedented
reevaluation and re-pricing of credit risk.4
As a result, there has been virtually no
market for residential mortgage backed securities other than at distressed sales prices.
With the reduction in lendable value of retail corporate credit union securities, typical
collateralized funding from sources such as Federal Home Loan Banks has been
impaired and is, consequently, a less stable option for corporate credit unions.5
In
addition, waning member confidence throughout this period of unprecedented economic
and market disruption resulted in abnormal deposit outflows (before NCUA implemented
the share guarantee program).