ParadoxDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Usually, people with great credit are safe bets for loans, but strangely, they are the ones failing to pay back their home loans most often.
Reasoning: Lenders use credit scores to predict risk, and usually high scores mean low risk, but mortgage data shows the opposite for the top tier of scorers.
Analysis: We need to find a reason why 'super-scorers' are riskier specifically in the mortgage market. Perhaps these high-scoring individuals take out much larger, more aggressive loans that are harder to maintain, or maybe the 'other borrowers' category is skewed by different lending standards. Look for an answer that explains a unique behavior or circumstance affecting only the highest credit tier in the context of home buying.
Reasoning: Lenders use credit scores to predict risk, and usually high scores mean low risk, but mortgage data shows the opposite for the top tier of scorers.
Analysis: We need to find a reason why 'super-scorers' are riskier specifically in the mortgage market. Perhaps these high-scoring individuals take out much larger, more aggressive loans that are harder to maintain, or maybe the 'other borrowers' category is skewed by different lending standards. Look for an answer that explains a unique behavior or circumstance affecting only the highest credit tier in the context of home buying.
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Unlock Full Passage19.Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy in the statements above?
Correct Answer
A
A resolves the paradox by introducing a selection effect: lenders downweight other risk factors when faced with the highest credit scores, so the approved highest-score pool contains more borrowers with unaddressed risks, yielding a higher default proportion for mortgages.
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