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As Banks Retreat, Private Equity Rushes to Buy Troubled Home Mortgages
New York Times, Sept. 28, 2015–Goldstein, Matthew
Private equity and hedge fund firms have bought more than 100,000 troubled mortgages at a discount from banks and federal housing agencies, emerging as aggressive liquidators for the remains of the mortgage crisis that erupted nearly a decade ago.