as Aupple says underneath, Carver's concern was that if Greene won his appeal, others might follow. I never understood how Carver came to this conclusion, because the situation with the missing document was a one-off, and, as others have said below, would only have delayed the eviction anyway, so I can't see that others would follow.
Furthermore, it's made clear throughout the movie that there are countless other foreclosed homes in the area, so if Greene had been successful, and, say, another 10 or even another 25 people decided to appeal theirs with the same legal team and somehow won, they could easily have replaced them with other homes for Vesco's portfolio.
I personally think it was to do with Carver always wanting to win, rather than being about the money. Even if Greene's home was of little significance to him, and could easily be replaced, he just didn't want to lose in court. It ties in with what he said to Nash earlier about how "America bails out the winners, it doesn't bail out the losers". He wanted to stay a winner.
And, to end on a petty note, Vesco wanted 100 homes, so he was actually risking the profit on 99 homes for 1 home - hence the title of the movie. Actually if you want to take it further, he was risking his licence, his reputation, his freedom, everything, for 1 home. But like I say, he'd gotten so used to winning and was obsessed with always making the maximum profit and not missing an opportunity to capitalise, it's what had gotten him where he was when he made the deal with Vesco. He wasn't going to suddenly change his personality and accept defeat and write off 1 home. He lived and died by his opportunism.
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