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By Prabha Natarajan NEW YORK -- Mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae rose to their highest level for the year on Wednesday, buoyed by strong demand from investors seeking a safe haven as the year draws to a... Full Article at Wall Street Journal
Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) has appointed Jonathan Plutzik to their Board of Directors. Mr. Plutzik will serve on the company's Compensation and Risk Policy & Capital committees. Full Article at TransWorldNews
A view of Fannie Mae headquarters is seen in this July 14, 2008 file photo in Washington, DC. View Photo »
Banks like Wachovia and Washington Mutual have a significant amount of these Alt-As and pay-option ARMs that the GSE bailout just won't help ... There is still a crisis going on, despite what the government is trying to do on the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac front.
Nov. 25 -- Rates for 30-year fixed U.S. home loans fell for a fourth straight week, matching a record low of 4.78 percent set in April. Full Article at AZ Central.com
Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to... Full Article at TransWorldNews
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae (FNM.N), shrunk its gross mortgage portfolio by an annual rate of about 28 percent in October and delinquencies on loans it guarantees rose sharply in September, the largest U.S. home funding company said on Tuesday. Full Article at The Market Ticker
WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 13: Franklin Raines (C), former head of Fannie Mae, waits for an event in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Obama spoke to members of the Business Council about the U.S. economy. View Photo »
these loans are exposing taxpayers to the same kinds of soaring default rates and losses that brought down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as well as destroyed many banks and the private market for mortgage loans.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal... Full Article at PR Newswire
A graphic posted on FoxNews.com suggested that President Obama is responsible for all of the $3.5 trillion in federal outlays for Fiscal Year 2009. Full Article at Media Matters for America
The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) (NYSE: FNM), commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a government sponsored enterprise (GSE) of the United States government. As a GSE, it is a shareholder-owned corporation authorized to make loans and loan guarantees. Full Article
A view of Fannie Mae headquarters is seen in this July 14, 2008 file photo in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 13: Franklin Raines (C), former head of Fannie Mae, waits for an event in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Obama spoke to members of the Business Council about the U.S. economy.
View Photo »"Krewe" members mock failed mortgage funding institution Fannie Mae during a Mardi Gras parade, whose theme is "Stimulus Package", in New Orleans February 7, 2009.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 9: (L-R) Former Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron, former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd, and former Freddie Mac CEO Leland Brendsel are sworn in while testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fannie and Freddi...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 9: Former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd (R) testifes along with former Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fannie and Freddie Mac in the Financial Crisis' on Capitol Hill December 9...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 9: (L-R) Former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines testifes along with former Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron and former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fannie and Freddie Mac in the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 09: Former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines (R) is sworn in along with former Freddie Mac CEO Leland Brendsel (C) and former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd while testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fanni...
View Photo »Daniel Mudd (L), former CEO of Fannie Mae, listens to Franklin Raines (R), another former CEO of Fannie Mae during testimony at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Franklin Raines (R), former CEO of Fannie Mae, testifies at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Daniel Mudd, former CEO of Fannie Mae, testifies at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Daniel Mudd, former CEO of Fannie Mae, testifies at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »(L-R) Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae, Leland Brendsel, former CEO of Freddie Mac, Daniel Mudd, former CEO of Fannie Mae and Richard Syron, former CEO of Freddie Mac, testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December...
View Photo »Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae, testifies at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Franklin Raines (R), former CEO of Fannie Mae, testifies alongside Daniel Mudd, another former CEO of Fannie Mae (L), and Leland Brendsel, former CEO of Freddie Mac, at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Franklin Raines, former chief executive of Fannie Mae (L), shakes hands with Richard Syron, former chief executive of Freddie Mac, as Leland Brendsel, another former chief executive of Freddie Mac, arrives to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capito...
View Photo »Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae (L), reaches out to shake hands with Richard Syron, former CEO of Freddie Mac, as Leland Brendsel, another former CEO of Freddie Mac, arrives to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,...
View Photo »Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae, is pictured at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Daniel Mudd, former CEO of Fannie Mae, is pictured before testifying at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Franklin Raines, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the financial meltdown.
View Photo »Former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Daniel Mudd testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the financial meltdown.
View Photo »Former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Franklin Raines testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the financial meltdown.
View Photo »Former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Daniel Mudd listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the financial meltdown.
View Photo »Former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Franklin Raines listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the financial meltdown.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 9: Former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fannie and Freddie Mac in the Financial Crisis' on Capitol Hill December 9, 2008 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 9: Former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd testifes before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fannie and Freddie Mac in the Financial Crisis' on Capitol Hill December 9, 2008 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 13: Franklin Raines (C), former head of Fannie Mae, waits for an event in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Obama spoke to members of the Business Council about the U.S. economy.
View Photo »Banks like Wachovia and Washington Mutual have a significant amount of these Alt-As and pay-option ARMs that the GSE bailout just won't help ... There is still a crisis going on, despite what the government is trying to do on the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac front.
these loans are exposing taxpayers to the same kinds of soaring default rates and losses that brought down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as well as destroyed many banks and the private market for mortgage loans.
When a mortgage loan that is backed up, insured or owned by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or the FHA is foreclosed, the government pays off the lender for the value of the loan. As a result, the banks are receiving the full amount on loans they deliberately overvalued. The government then sells off the home a...
The government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, along with more and more loans being backed up by the Federal Housing Authority, is in reality a newly disguised bailout for the banks and lenders.
It is absolutely unconscionable that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were at the heart of the subprime housing collapse last fall that sent our economy into a tailspin, should be without independent oversight at a time when the federal government now owns over half of all the mortgages in the United S...
Fannie and Freddie are awfully big ... The idea that the agency responsible for conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac doesn't have an inspector general should be a serious cause of concern.
We are not having a problem with end loans for our buyers. Many financial institutions are in the market; nevertheless, unless a project has sales of 50 percent or more, [Federal Housing Administration] and Fannie Mae options are not available in these developments.
The ABA is an organization of community banks formed so we have a larger voice in D.C. We're not on Washington's speed-dial like AIG, Chase, Fannie Mae, Bank of America, Citi, and Goldman Sachs
Make no mistake: we're on course to have government commandeer one-sixth of our economy. The people who gave us Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now want to run our health care. Think about that.
Implications of the New Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Risk-based Capital Standard
It's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all over again
Fannie Mae's sibling company, Freddie Mac , launched a similar effort in March. That policy, however, requires the foreclosure to be completed and only allows month-to-month leases.
Jim Marshall has voted to hand over $200 billion to the failed mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Jim Marshall voted $700 billion of taxpayer money to failed Wall Street banks. Jim Marshall voted in favor of the Obama administration’s economic stimulus package – that cost taxpayers $600 billio...
Taxpayers are now going to own all these houses that (Fannie Mae) should have unloaded
A pullback by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in their multifamily activity outweighed increases in commercial and multifamily lending by life insurance companies and commercial banks, leading the overall index lower on a quarter-over-quarter basis. Every investor group and property type saw year-over-year d...
The Democrats’ talking points that their new proposal ends the era of too big to fail are just that — talk ... Their proposal places taxpayers first in line to bear the losses when the government invokes its resolution authority. And for those who believe that those taxpayer losses will subsequently be ...
Those who believe the taxpayer losses would be recouped from the financial industry, I would direct them to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and GMAC, where the prospects for full taxpayer repayments are fanciful
The proposal places taxpayers first in line to bear the losses when the government invokes its resolution authority ... And for those who believe that those taxpayer losses would be recouped from surviving firms, I would direct their attention to the recent examples of GM, Chrysler, Fannie Mae, Freddie ...
If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole.
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae now own or guarantee an overwhelming share of originations
To suggest somehow that [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] are in trouble is simply not accurate.
These two entities--Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac--are not facing any kind of financial crisis
Bush's plan would be closely tied to some $440 million in minority loan programs offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. President Bush commended Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's efforts.
Bush's plan would be closely tied to some $440 million in minority loan programs offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. President Bush commended Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's efforts.
Fannie Mae gives home buyers a chance ahead of investors http://bit.ly/6MTNAh #realestate
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Investors.com - How Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Sank In The ... http://bit.ly/7TMfW1 by Thomas Sowell
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Ticking Prime Bomb!: Fannie Mae Monthly Summary October 2009 http://tinyurl.com/yffuru6 #LoanMod
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