OCC’s Dugan Calls for Withdrawal of Appraisal Pact 

In the clearest challenge yet to a proposed appraisal management agreement reached in March by New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo and home finance giants Fannie Mae [stock FNM][/stock] and Freddie Mac [stock FRE][/stock], Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan has sent a letter calling on Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight director James Lockhart withdraw the appraisal pact.