Defaults to Rise as Credit Issues Remain

(Bloomberg) — The next six months will bring more credit-card and mortgage defaults, said Mark Greene, chief executive officer of FICO, maker of the credit-scoring formula most widely used by U.S. lenders.(…)

Some borrowers are changing the order in which they pay their bills and focusing on paying off credit-card and auto loans, which they rely on for daily living, before mortgages, Greene said.

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Especially if they have negative equity in their home.

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