Monday, August 29, 2011

Housing refinance proposal unfair to most homeowners

The plan reportedly supported by the Obama administration to force Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce interest rates for millions of homeowners would mean that some homeowners get government help while their more responsible neighbors do not.

It would in effect be a backdoor stimulus, one involving pushing taxpayer cash out the door without a vote of Congress. And there is little reason to think it would be much more effective than the fiscal stimulus to date.

Read the rest of the article at The Hill

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