| The Obama administration's offer to subsidize write-downs of mortgage-loan balances for some heavily indebted homeowners is putting the federal regulator who oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a bind by forcing the agency to rethink its long-held opposition.
For years, the federal regulator overseeing the taxpayer-backed mortgage-finance giants has resisted calls to have the firms cut loan balances, often referred to as principal write-downs...............................................Full Article: Source
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