CAP Would Revive MBS Market Via Privately Owned, Government Backed Chartered Mortgage Institutions
January 28, 2011
A proposed fix to the secondary mortgage market by the Center for American Progress would have privately owned, but federally chartered and regulated institutions issue MBS that would carry a limited, but explicit government guarantee. The plan, prepared by the Center’s Mortgage Finance Working Group of 19 left-leaning housing policy experts, would revive...