Extrapolation


Total US Households
a
116,000,000.00
 From US Census website 
Households w/mortgage
b
69,600,000.00
 (a) times 60% 
Households w/out mtg
c
46,400,000.00
 (a) times 40 % 
Predicted foreclosures
d
2,800,000.00
 From Moody's economy.com 
% Predicted foreclosures
4.02%  (d) divided by (b) 
Total value of US mtgs
e
11,000,000,000,000.00
Avg value per mtg
f
158,045.98
 (e) divided by (b) 
Predicted total loss
g
1,000,000,000,000.00
 analyst estimates 
Conservative % loss on mtg per foreclosure
h
50.00%  my estimate 
Foreclosure % needed to reach $1 trillion loss
18.18%  (g) divided by (h) divided by (e) 

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