Moodys: Foreclosure Inventory Timelines Will Lengthen, Increasing Residential MBS Losses
March 30, 2012
Residential MBS investors should expect loans in states that require judicial review for every foreclosure to incur greater costs as they make their way through the foreclosure process, according to a new Moodys Investors Service report. The rating agencys fourth quarter 2011 Servicer Dashboard found that the average days in foreclosure at year-end 2011 stood at 654 days in judicial states and 297 days in non-judicial states with further increases in the foreclosure timelines expected. Of the six banks the Moodys report observes Bank of America, Chase, Citi, GMAC, Ocwen and Wells Fargo the...