Securities Industry Balks at Capitol Hill Pressure On Mortgage Servicers to Delay Foreclosures
September 12, 2008
Pressure from Congress to get the mortgage industry to embrace a newly enacted scheme to bail out underwater mortgage borrowers isn’t sitting well with many servicers or groups representing investors in securities backed by these loans. A major new program authorized by the 2008 Housing and Economic Recovery Act would tap the FHA mortgage insurance program to...