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Mortgage foreclosures are anticipated to go up even more, which will reduce the bottom line of mortgage insurers who back those mortgages. Risky mortgage practices undertaken by many banks and investors came to head in 2008 and left many homeowners holding the bag of declining home values. Many under qualified borrowers were able to obtain subprime mortgages during the housing boom. Other consumers simply bought a home priced beyond their means, sometimes with an adjustable rate mortgage that has since reset, and are now struggling to make those mortgage payments. Mortgage insurers are now having to cover those mortgage foreclosures.