He wanted to short housing bonds? Who bets against housing?

The Big Short (2015)
VINNY
A screenplay character in The Big Short (2015).
- lines
- 71
- words
- 673
- scenes
- 26
- dialogue
- 4.7%
- avg words / line
- 9
- shortest / longest
- 1 / 40
Sample dialogue
The Frontpoint risk guys are here. They called in Kathy Tao. They're trying to convince her to make us to sell our swaps. Apparently, tying up 6 years of insurance payments in hopes of housing Armageddon is not good investing.
scene 85 — INT. TINY SIDE OFFICE - FRONTPOINT - DAYYou sure, Mark?
scene 74 — INT. TICKETING AREA - MIAMI AIRPORT - DAYI've got one last question.
scene 75 — INT. GYM - DAYIt’s like someone hit a pinata filled with white people who suck at golf. Who are all these clowns?
scene 99 — INT. TRADE SHOW FLOOR - CAESAR’S PALACE - DAYIs it a run?
scene 143 — INT. FRONTPOINT OFFICE - LATER THAT DAY
Bookends
That’s right. But we’ve got to sell or it could be zero. It’s now or never. It really is.