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Home » Senator Calls for FHFA to Resubmit Principal Reduction Study After Analyst Uncovers ‘Substantial Objections’
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Senator Calls for FHFA to Resubmit Principal Reduction Study After Analyst Uncovers ‘Substantial Objections’

March 22, 2012
A Senate subcommittee chairman has called upon the Federal Housing Finance Agency to recalculate and resubmit its principal reduction analysis to account for the Obama administration’s proposed enhanced incentives after an expert testified last week about a number of flaws in the study the FHFA used to justify its policy stance against writedowns of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-NJ, called for the FHFA do-over during a hearing of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing Transportation and Community Development, where Amherst Securities’ Laurie Goodman said there...
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