Mortgage insurers are adopting stricter standards the Wall Street Journal reports. One of the biggest players in the field, MGIC, will no longer insure borrowers unless they have a down payment of at least 5%.
That's right, I said 5%. Who in their right mind would consider this a strict standard? I guess it is if the alternative were no money down. No wonder the number of foreclosures has ballooned.
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