The long foreclosure timelines in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut may translate into slightly higher borrowing costs for consumers in those states.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced last month that, because the stress in housing markets has eased, it was eliminating the across-the-board adverse-market fee instituted in 2008 to help cover the costs of high rates of delinquencies. The fee, applicable to all mortgages bought by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, is 25 basis points, or 0.25 percent of the mortgage loan amount.
via Paying for Foreclosure Delays – NYTimes.com.
