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Comment by bko

It's difficult to accurately predict something that has never happened. Prime ARM delinquencies shot up to 10% in 2008 and eventually to nearly 20%. Subprime ARMs shot up to over 40% at their peak. Prior to that subprime ARMS delinquencies peaked at just over 10% at their worse.

The borrowers were different so there was really no precedent, but just a cursory review of historical data would make what we experienced highly unlikely.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis#/medi...

parent bko 7 years ago

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