Why Your Mortgage is So Complicated: The History and Opportunity of the Modern Mortgage

Why on earth is the modern mortgage so damn complicated? In this short animated video, a16z General Partner Alex Rampell takes us through the history of the American mortgage, all the different processes and players that the mortgage today entails (a lot more than you think!), why it got so complex—and what the opportunities for innovation are.

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