Housing Market
•Securitization starts
•Credit default swaps
•Banks can speculate
•No leverage limits
Building the
Housing Bubble
•More stimulation, low int.
•Securitization transfers
mortgage risk to investor so
lender can take poor risks
The Housing
Bubble Bursts
2007-8
•Economy slows
•Subprime loan
defaults rise
•Foreclosures rise
•Stimulation starts •Unlimited investor demand
for mortgage-backed securities
•Competition to loan leads to
subprime loans, inflated house
prices, more securitizations
•Credit ratings inflated
deflating house prices
•Walk-aways rise
•Securitizations default
•Insurers cannot pay
•Investors fail
•Liquidity/credit crisis
•Bailouts start