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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In conclusion, a proper approach to reasonably risk-adjust all government agency fees –combined with charging carefully targeted borrowers a lower interest rate funded by other carefully targeted borrowers paying a higher interest rate – would be far better public policy than what exists today. 20] See [link]. [21]