Revised Rules on Mortgages Are Scuttled By JENNIFER BAYOT The rules on closing home loans are evidently so knotty that a federal agency yesterday withdrew a proposal to overhaul them because of opposition from both the mortgage industry and consumer groups. The Department of Housing and Urban Development said its plan required additional vetting and would be made available for public scrutiny at some unspecified time. "Once we get those comments, we can better decide the best approach for the re-proposal of this rule," Alphonso Jackson, the department's acting secretary, said yesterday in a conference call. "The most prudent thing...