“We’ve been seeing default risk climb throughout the first half of 2021, driven primarily by increased economic and borrower risk for new purchase loans,” says Jonathan Glowacki, a principal at Milliman and author of the MMDI. “And while today’s housing market faintly echoes that of 2007, before the global financial crisis, we see a number of important key factors that differentiate this increase in default risk.”
For an in-depth look at the housing market during the global financial crisis compared to the market during the COVID-19 pandemic, go to: https://us.milliman.com/en/insight/housing-market-madness-an-in-depth-comparison-of-the-housing-markets.
The MMDI reflects a baseline forecast of future home prices. For more on the MMDI, go to www.milliman.com/mmdi/.
To access additional mortgage market thought leadership, go to https://www.milliman.com/en/products/milliman-m-pire.
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