Until we see the critical details on the HARP redo – mostly omitted in this morning’s FHFA announcement – a complete assessment of the program’s potential awaits. But, we conclude one important, forward-looking point from what we know so far: FHFA is trying to use the HARP less to refi troubled borrowers than to shrink Fannie and Freddie.
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