LMAO... yes Desh, that is what politicians REMOVING regulations means... it means deregulation... thanks for catching up.
I have told you 1000 friggin times where this deregulation began. Glass Steagall began being dismantled under the first Bush in 1992 (Dem Congress). It continued under Clinton in 1995 (rep Congress). It was completely eliminated in 1999 under Clinton (Rep Congress) on a bill that passed the Senate 90-8. NINETY to EIGHT. Which means BOTH parties caused this. All in the name of getting more people to own homes.
Then in 2001-2005 Greenspan and the FED kept interest rates artificially low. This allowed anyone and everyone to 'qualify' for a loan (many using ARMs and I-onlys). Lenders and borrowers took advantage of the low rates under the idiotic assumption that real estate values would continue up forever and ever. Idiots who somehow came to believe that with interest rates at historical LOWS... that rates would not increase or that the could 're-fi later when their equity in their home went up'