The mortgage and housing sectors know that lower loan limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are coming – but they would like to forestall the day of reckoning for as long as possible, especially in light of looming implementation deadlines tied to a slew of new rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Industry lobbyists close to the issue said the Federal Housing Finance Agency was expected to make an announcement by the month’s end on what exactly those loan limits might be. However, some sources said the FHFA was weighing heavily the fact that mortgage lenders are already crunching on technology and compliance upgrades tied to CFPB rules, in particular, the ability-to-repay measure. One official said...