Handicapping the Mortgage-Cap Bills

Story date: 2007-10-12 01:25:00
Added on: 2007-10-12 16:00:21

Barron's Online - The bills mandate that 85% of the portfolio increase -- an estimated $125 billion -- would be devoted to help refinance subprime loans. We believe this approach has a 50% chance of being enacted and will likely be passed only if it is paired with a ...


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