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Plans to Relax Capital Constraints at Fannie, Freddie Nearing Completion 

Mar 18, 2008By

Can Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ride to the rescue of the mortgage market? Policymakers are clearly hoping so, with the Wall Street Journal reporting Tuesday that plans to reduce capital constraints at the government-sponsored enterprises are in the “final stages.” Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight director James Lockhart first suggested the plan in late February.

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