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Credit default swap. A credit default swap ( CDS) is a financial swap agreement that the seller of the CDS will compensate the buyer in the event of a debt default (by the debtor) or other credit event. [1] That is, the seller of the CDS insures the buyer against some reference asset defaulting.
When the remaining mortgage balance is higher than the actual home value, the foreclosing party is unlikely to attract auction bids at this price level. A house that has gone through a foreclosure auction and failed to attract any acceptable bids may remain the property of the owner of the mortgage. That inventory is called REO (real estate ...
Great Recession. The American subprime mortgage crisis was a multinational financial crisis that occurred between 2007 and 2010 that contributed to the 2007–2008 global financial crisis. [1] [2] The crisis led to a severe economic recession, with millions of people losing their jobs and many businesses going bankrupt.
The second is a moratorium, or freeze, on foreclosures. About 2.1 million Americans are currently in forebearance plans, and about 1.8 million are at least 90 days deliquent in their payments but ...
The 2010 United States foreclosure crisis, sometimes referred to as Foreclosure-gate or Foreclosuregate, [1] [2] refers to a widespread epidemic of improper foreclosures initiated by large banks and other lenders. The foreclosure crisis was extensively covered by news outlets beginning in October 2010, and several large banks—including Bank ...
The Biden administration issued a new eviction moratorium on August 3, 2021, intended to last until October 3. [b] [7] It was applicable to counties with substantial or high transmission rates of COVID-19. On August 26, the Supreme Court struck down the moratorium. [c] [8]
Forbearance. Forbearance, in the context of a mortgage process, is a special agreement between the lender and the borrower to delay a foreclosure. The literal meaning of forbearance is "holding back". [1] This is also referred to as mortgage moratorium .
Debt moratorium. A debt moratorium is a delay in the payment of debts or obligations. The term is generally used to refer to acts by national governments. Moratory laws are usually passed at times of special political or commercial stress: for instance, on several occasions during the Franco-Prussian War, the French government passed moratory ...