Maybe Federal Mortgage Guarantees Aren't Inevitable

Atlantic Monthly by Daniel Indiviglio | Dec. 28, 2010 (Opinion)

The financial regulation bill passed this summer left out one key component: housing finance policy. While there is broad agreement that government-sponsored mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were a disaster, there isn't a clear answer to how to reshape the mortgage market to function better going forward. Since Democrats in didn't feel like approaching this very messy debate when drafting the summer's financial regulation bill, they just ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Dec 28, 2010 - 9:22 AM PST
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Dec 28, 2010 - 9:24 AM PST

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 by Derek Hawkins - Dec. 28, 2010

A bit wonky, but this story covers a topic that got buried by the other aspects of financial reform: what happens to the mortgage market? Indiviglio doesn't espouse any solutions, but presents a clear, tempered picture of how Congress could move forward.

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