• derf82@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    And the lenders don’t lose at all! They borrow the money at current rates, and immediately package it off to a mortgage backed security and sell it within weeks of closing. The only potential “loser” is the investor that buys the security, but that’s just the nature of investing.

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      10 months ago

      The only potential “loser” is the investor that buys the [mortgaged backed security], but that’s just the nature of investing.

      You say that, but we don’t have to allow that kind of predatory shit to exist.