Part of interest calculation is risk. That’s why higher credit score leads to lower interest, it’s less of a risk to the lender.
PMI is double dipping. They can pick one, either a flat across the board interest rate for all borrowers or PMI.
Didn’t mean to imply it was entirely about risk.


This isn’t happening to every person in Russia, it’s happening to every person in Russia with a modern Porsche.
Assumptions can be made about the sample set.