The regulator of Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB) and Freddie Mac (FMCC.OB) said on Monday it was developing rules to let Americans buy homes with down payments as low as 3 percent, part of a push to boost access to credit. Mel Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, pledged the new guidelines …

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U.S. regulator targeting lower down payments on mortgages
