Fha Turns, Once More, To Private Investors To Aid Troubled Homeowners

Mark Bergen, Forbes
Tue, 06/12/2012 - 9:21am

A new Obama housing program will place swaths of delinquent loans on the market---and give Fannie and Freddie yet another firm, perhaps futile nudge.

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