Cali Negative Amortization Mortgage Stats

By Paul Kedrosky · Monday, December 11, 2006 ·
There are some harrowing stats on so-called negative amortization (or "pay option") mortgages -- loans where your principal increases every period --
in today's L.A. Times.
New negative amortization mortgages in California:
  • 2003 -- 8 of every 1,000
  • 2005 -- 1 in 5
  • 2006 -- 1 in 3
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