Foaming Over FRMs
Advocates of a federal guarantee for residential mortgages mostly back this up by arguing that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages can’t be made without a helping hand.  House FinServ Chairman Hensarling apparently doesn’t disagree, but he also doesn’t think keeping lots of 30-year FRMs around is worth the risk of a federal backstop.

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