on a side note, it's cyclical.
it'll past within a couple of years but the market needs a major correction.
all the banks going out of business now are paving the way for new investors (hedge funds, etc other sources of private money) to get into the lending business.
All the banks that are going out of bsuiness now, made their money writing crappy notes (fraudulent, overstated income,etc.) They made a killing back in the day, but this is the result of shady guidelines and giving ridiculously risky loans to everyone and their mother.
things will tighten up, rates will go up for a bit...but people still need houses, people still need to refinance, it'll just take a while before it levels out