What do you do when a quick rise in mortgage rates suddenly threatens to tame home buying demand from subprime borrowers who, despite the lessons from the past, are still purchasing homes, en masse, with only 3.5% down payments and just enough monthly cash flow to cover mortgage payments? Well, if you're the Obama administration then you simply socialize the problem and force those higher mortgage costs on taxpayers.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-10/obama-slashes-mortgage-insurance-premiums-subprime-borrowers-just-10-days-left-offic

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