The news today is another record high for foreclosures, Wall Street in the throes of bank angst, and YET... This week we all learned that Warren Buffett managed to do okay lending money to subprime borrowers. Huh, you say?
Here's why you care: Take a quick moment and read the Buffett story and understand that the key phrase in the story is that the company "keeps all loans on its own books rather than offloading them to others by means of securitization". So what's that mean?
Securitization is when the bank that issued the mortgage sells it to another institution, thus not having to worry about it anymore. That other institution then dumps a bunch of mortgages into one pot to increase the payout by numbers, and then sells it as an investment to other individuals, banks, etc.
Securitization is GREAT if you are bank looking to dump a mortgage and get cash back (thus enabling you to lend more). Securitization is TOUGHER if you are a borrower trying to renegotiate your terms because that means you aren't talking to the bank that issued you the mortgage in the first place.
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