... With defaults continuing to soar, efforts to halt foreclosures continue. James Lockhart, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, sent a letter Monday to more than 40 companies that collect mortgage payments for investors, urging them ...

... Deposit Insurance Corp., Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan, and James B. Lockhart, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The administration's overhaul of the controversial ...