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Feds Streamlining Homeowner Aid

 

By Alan Zibel

WASHINGTON -- The government and the mortgage industry are launching the most sweeping effort yet to help troubled homeowners by speeding up the process for renegotiating hundreds of thousands of delinquent loans held by Fannie Mae (FNM Quote) and Freddie Mac (FRE Quote).

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which seized control of the two mortgage finance companies in September, announced the plan Tuesday along with other government and industry officials, including Hope Now, an alliance of mortgage companies organized by the Bush administration last year. ...

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