Housing Slump Continues to Pound Credit Business as GSEs, MIs Take a Beating
November 13, 2009
While mortgage lenders and servicers have certainly faced challenges over the past two years, their problems are negligible compared to the massive losses that have swamped the credit guaranty business. The worst housing recession in decades has already pushed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into government conservatorship, and the six remaining active private mortgage insurers... [Includes one chart and one graph]