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Turns Out Strategic Mortgage Defaults Weren’t Really Strategic
Arizona Republic, May 7, 2016–Wiles, Russ
Despite a lot of media attention at the time paid to strategic defaulters, they were rare: fewer than 1% of households with the financial means to pay instead chose to walk away.