Builders Look for the Bottom
Story date: 2008-03-08 02:59:00
Added on: 2008-03-08 17:00:41
Forbes - The point is to reduce interest rates for jumbo loans, which often are a full percentage point higher than smaller ones, and spur home sales. But with the market's low appetite for mortgage-backed securities (into which Fannie and Freddie package the ...
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