home mortgages

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac both narrowed their losses in the fourth quarter of 2010. But they aren't out of the woods yet: Both of the government-sponsored home-mortgage buyers have requested higher amounts of new federal aid than they did in the previous quarter.

If Ford came out with another junker like the Pinto, car buyers probably would think twice about buying one, right? So why is it that home buyers, despite the widely publicized mortgage meltdown, report that they are spending no more time researching home loans today than they did two years ago?...