These could take the form of tax write-off provisions for mortgage write-downs and a tax exemption on the shared appreciation.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The administration wants to grant bankruptcy judges the power to write down the value of a mortgage until it is affordable for the person in bankruptcy.

FORBES: Magazine Article

This would tweak the existing bankruptcy provision known as Chapter 13 to allow judges to write down the value of a primary mortgage.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

The bigger the potential write-off a bank faces on a mortgage, the more willing it is to work out a solution.

FORBES: An Entrepreneurial Fix To The Foreclosure Mess

This low valuation suggests that Wall Street believes BAC faces a massive further write-down of its mortgage portfolio.

FORBES: New Bank Capital Demands Will Drastically Reduce Bank Lending

Fears that Fannie and Freddie will write less business have contributed to a spike in mortgage interest rates recently.

ECONOMIST: America's housing bill

It has opened a for-profit bank mortgage office to write loans and expand the availability of credit, especially for mortgages in affordable housing developments.

WSJ: Banking on New Role

Mortgage lenders have agreed to write to borrowers to ensure they have a repayment strategy in place, concentrating on those whose policies mature first.

BBC: Shortfall fears for interest-only mortgage holders