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Panelists talked about the potential impact on the housing market of a principal reduction program. This was part of a Brookings Institution forum on the housing market and principal reducti…

Witnesses testified about the financial stability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying the outlook was troubled for the enterprises due to a weak economy, high unemployment, and uncertainty…

Andre Jakabovics talked about the release of Treasury Department figures of mortgage service companies require by the Administration to convert “at-risk” mortgages to manageable ones. The in…

The second panel of a conference on mortgage financing following recent turmoil in financial and credit markets focused on long-term housing and banking policies beyond emergency federal int…

Andrew Jakabovics talked about legislation the Senate voted against considering that would have allowed bankruptcy judges to cut interest rates and reduce mortgage balances for home owners o…