Housing Agency Asked to Up Portfolio Cap (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Story date: 2007-10-23 10:24:58
Added on: 2007-10-23 16:00:20
For months, U.S. lawmakers and home-buyer groups have privately urged federal housing regulators to loosen portfolio limits on mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to letters obtained by Dow Jones Newswires.
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