Opposition to lower loan limits for the government-sponsored enterprises appears to be increasing by the day as the Federal Housing Finance Agency considers the issue. Support from non-agency participants for a reduction – at least in the high-cost loan limits – has been proportional to the non-agency share of total mortgage originations: about one in 10. “My sense is that there will never be a good time to reduce the conforming loan limit,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics ...