Expanded GSE Refinance Program for Underwater Borrowers Could Revive Sagging Refi Market
July 9, 2009
As many as 3 million borrowers in mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could benefit from last week’s announcement that the Obama administration will allow the two government-sponsored enterprises to buy refinance mortgages with loan-to-value ratios up to 125 percent. Fannie and Freddie in recent months have ramped up initiatives under the administration’s Home...