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Mian: Shared responsibility mortgages would have prevented 2008 foreclosures

“We argue in the book that if we have those kind of arrangements, a significant or substantial portion of the foreclosures and the resulting economic losses from those foreclosures could have been avoided.”

Atif Mian Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:40 a16z Podcast | Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy

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Mian: Shared equity housing contracts are macroeconomically safer than mortgage debt

“More risk-sharing contracts, more equity-like contracts actually are better for a macro economy.”

Atif Mian Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:27 a16z Podcast | Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy

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Mian: Housing markets consistently lead broader economic cycles across advanced nations

“If you look at the rest of the advanced economies, you see similar patterns over and over again. Which is that the housing market seems to lead where the rest of the economy is going.”

Atif Mian Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:06 a16z Podcast | Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy

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