WASHINGTON – March 24, 2014 – (RealEstateRama) — Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) today responded to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s request for public input on a proposal to reduce conforming loan limits, the maximum size of a home mortgage that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can purchase, with a letter signed by a bipartisan coalition of 35 House members who oppose the change. Maloney, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, has been highly critical of the FHFA proposal that could result in reduced access to mortgages for middle-class families in high-cost real estate markets like New York
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