Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) are sold on the secondary mortgage market by bundling many of them up. This means that the original lender is no longer at risk if the house buyer defaults on their loan. This video will look at mortgage-backed securities (which were particularly popular in the early 21st century) and discover how they contributed to the Subprime Mortgage Crisis 2008 (also known as the Great Recession).
Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) are sold on the secondary mortgage market by bundling many of them up. This means that the original lender is no longer at risk if the house buyer defaults on their loan. This video will look at mortgage-backed securities (which were particularly popular in the early 21st century) and discover how they contributed to the Subprime Mortgage Crisis 2008 (also known as the Great Recession).










