From The Big Picture:
... Buyers of limited financial means who en masse overpaid for their houses at ultra low rates was a recipe for disaster.
The Fed began its cyclical tightening, price appreciation slowed, then reversed. Sales plummeted, and prices fell. Five million of those buyers were foreclosed upon, with another 5 million likely to come.
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