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As there was little or no down payment for the loan provided, banks started selling houses to recover the amount of loan. When banks started selling houses, there were no buyers and the price of houses fell drastically. Ironically, the amount of loan was higher than the value of the house mortgaged.
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Fund managers who knew the reality of CDOs insured it and gained huge amount of money. Due to this, people stopped buying CDOs, and Investment Banks which have collected them were running in losses. Every participant forming a part of the chain was now suffering losses.
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In 1996, the US was witnessin g a DotCom bubble that burst in 2000–02, and the prices of technological companies came down. In 2001, the interest rates came down to 1% so people were unwilling to keep money in the bank. Investors found real estate lucrative and took home loans ...
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The bank started giving loans to people with appropriate collateral security which they sold it to Investment Bank further for a fixed commission. Now, investment banks bundled these loans to form a complex derivative called CDO ( Collateralized Debt Obligation).
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CDOs were rated from credit rating agencies which helped them built authenticity and sold them to investors. Now, Investment banks demanded more loans from banks which induced the banks to provide sub-prime loans.
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AIG, being the world’s largest insurance company started giving insurance to CDOs, known as Credit Default Swap (CDS) as they were rated AAA so the chances of failure were bleak.
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Investors were unaware of the fact that they had been provided loans on an adjustable-rate of 1% (the interest of loan increases over time). When the interest rates increased, people started defaulting loans.
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