the problem that ive seen firsthand is that they made loans that they shouldnt have, then they sold the loan to someone else, like a pump and dump scam pinkie, I have a good friend who had a good job, got married, bought a condo, he got hurt and had to get an operation, lost about 5 months work, he got behind on his mortgage, when he tried to catch it up, he was told that someone else owned the mortgage and was going to forclose on him, even though he went down there with a big wad of dough to even things up, its criminal what the banking industry has come to in the last few years. I know people who didnt even have jobs that had $150,000 to buy a house.