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US Government Takes on Big Role in Mortgage Market September 8, 2008

Posted by Bethany Davidson in : Advocacy, Anti-Predatory Lending Initiative, News , add a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncle Sam has just become the 800 pound gorilla in the U.S. mortgage market. The Bush administration announced Sunday it was seizing troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a bid to help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis. But private analysts worried that it may not be enough to [...]