Morning Scan: FHFA Changes Tune on Fannie and Freddie; Sallie Mae Pa...

Receiving Wide Coverage ... FHFA Fanfare: Federal Housing Finance Agency director Mel Watt made waves Tuesday with a speech indicating that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should help make more credit available to homeowners. While the move is intended to bolster the housing market recovery, the Wall Street Journal reports that "some economists and lenders Â... worry that regulators could be opening the way for another boom and bust." the New York Times and the WashingtonÂ...