freddie mac: Mortgages to be forgiven by Freddie and Fannie
- 05/05/16 03:22 AM
Interesting news coming from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could forgive mortgage principal for thousands of borrowers under a new plan to be rolled out by their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as soon as Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter. The plan is likely to draw ire from consumer advocates who will think it’s not enough to address the problem, as well as from some taxpayer advocates frustrated that the bailouts keep coming years after the housing crisis ebbed. In all, about 4.3 million borrowers owed more than their homes were worth at (1 comments)