Housing and banking special interest groups as well as a group that represents state level banking regulators have weighed in with their opinions and concerns about the banking bailout proposal which is rolling out piecemeal from the Federal Reserve and the Department of the Treasury. Two of the groups...
Several key players have rung in on the decision by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) to retain limits on the mortgage portfolios owned by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) had petitioned OFHEO, its regulator, last week asking to be allowed...