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Good news for Buyers willing to purchase a foreclosure property. Not so much for anyone else who wants to sell a home. Someone at Freddie Mac must to be watching a lot of late night television infomercials. The nations #2 mortgage finance company is offering comprehensive two year home warranties and will pay up to 3.5% of the purchase price to qualified buyers of their HomeSteps foreclosures. The " Smart Buy " sales promotion is intended to help the mortgage giant unload a larger share of its growing portfolio of repossessed homes. It is no secret that glut of foreclosed homes is weighing on Freddie Mac, just the same as other financial institutions. Freddie had 29,145 homes in its "real estate owned" portfolio as of March 31st, more than double that at the end of 2007. The costs have deepened the company's losses, which have forced it to draw $51.7 billion in government support. Foreclosure inventory is costly to maintain and difficult to unload. So, what do...