By Inman News, Monday, October 19, 2009. The Obama administration has launched a program intended to help state and local housing finance agencies finance several hundred thousand mortgages for first-time homebuyers, and provide opportunities for borrowers at risk of foreclosure into more sustainable loans.
State and local housing finance agencies (HFAs) -- which before the financial crisis financed more than 3 million home purchases through the issuance of tax exempt bonds -- have been frozen out of the bond market, forcing many to suspend lending or scale back their programs and raise rates. more...
