If the hedgies have inside info on the true value of their escrow holding, they can afford to delay. With their inside info, they can use their escrow holding as collateral to get funding from the investment banks. You and I cant...1) we dont have inside info on the true worth if our escrow markers, and 2) we dont have personal relationship with investment banks to use our markers as collateral to get cheap loans.
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