UPDATE 1-US housing finance regulator considers insurance suits
June 25, 2014 at 17:40 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. housing regulator will look into whether lawsuits should be filed by government-controlled mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac against companies that left them on the hook for overpriced insurance, a watchdog at the regulator said on Wednesday.