Fannie, Freddie May Forgive Mortgage Debt For Some Borrowers: Reuters

Fannie, Freddie May Forgive Mortgage Debt For Some Borrowers: Reuters

Main Street may be about to get its own gigantic bailout. Rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more than what their homes are worth. An estimated 15 million U.S. mortgages -- one in five -- are underwater with negative equity of some $800 billion.

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