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A strategic default is the decision by a borrower to stop making payments (i.e., to default) on a debt, despite having the financial ability to make the payments.. This is particularly associated with residential and commercial mortgages, in which case it usually occurs after a substantial drop in the house's price such that the debt owed is (considerably) greater than the value of the ...
Zillow estimated that mortgage rates could reach 8.4% in the “unlikely event” of a debt default. If rates do go that high, then mortgage payments on a typical home would soar 22% by September ...
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In finance, default is failure to meet the legal obligations (or conditions) of a loan, [1] for example when a home buyer fails to make a mortgage payment, or when a corporation or government fails to pay a bond which has reached maturity. A national or sovereign default is the failure or refusal of a government to repay its national debt.
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In 1994, Riddiough coined the term 'strategic default', which is used to indicate purposeful borrower default in order to extract concessions from a lender. [11] The phrase, along with the term 'trigger event,' have been commonly used in the literature and popular media since the financial crisis of 2008.
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YouWalkAway.com developed a strategic default calculator to help homeowners calculate the savings they might have by getting out of an underwater mortgage. [5] In 2012, YouWalkAway.com launched AfterForeclosure.com to help people discover if they were eligible to buy again after a foreclosure or a short sale.