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LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 02: Demonstrators occupy the front entrance to a building where Freddie Mac offices are located demanding the mortgage company to halt the eviction of former Riverside, CA. , homeowner US Marine Arturo de los Santos on... View Photo »
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US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks during a press conference at the Treasury building on February 2, 2012 in Washington, DC. Geithner spoke about financial reform in 2012, saying more details are to come in the spring on the efforts by the... View Photo »
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney takes questions from supporters during a town hall meeting at the Horry-Georgetown Technical College Grand Strand Conference Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, December 17, 2011. Romney sought to create... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: Robert Khuzami (2nd R), Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Enforcement Division, announces that the SEC has charged six former top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with securities... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward DeMarco testifies before the House Financial Services Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee December 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. DeMarco and the CEOs of... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: (L-R) Freddie Mac CEO Charles Haldeman Jr. , Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward DeMarco and Fannie Mae President and CEO Michael Williams testify before the House Financial Services Committee's... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward DeMarco (L) talks with Fannie Mae CEO Michael Williams before testifying before the House Financial Services Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Freddie Mac CEO Charles Haldeman Jr. testifies before the House Financial Services Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee December 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. The CEO testified to the subcommittee about... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Fannie Mae President and CEO Michael Williams testifies before the House Financial Services Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee December 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. The CEOs testified to the subcommittee... View Photo »
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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at a town meeting at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Gingrich has never been a conventional Republican and he certainly doesn't... View Photo »
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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gestures during a news conference at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Gingrich has never been a conventional Republican and he... View Photo »
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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich takes part in a South Carolina Republican party presidential debate in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in this November 12, 2011 file photo. Gingrich... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Michael Williams, president and CEO of Fannie Mae, participates in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on November 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Charles Haldeman Jr. , president and CEO of Freddie Mac, speaks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on November 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) participates in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on November 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on whether Fannie Mae and... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Michael Williams, president and CEO of Fannie Mae, looks at a monitor that reads 'Fannie and Freddie Still Owe Taxpayers $141 Billion', during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Michael Williams, president and CEO of Fannie Mae, and Charles 'Ed' Haldeman Jr. , president and CEO of Freddie Mac participate in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on... View Photo »
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National Peoples Action's Jordan Estevao, marching with the Freedom Plaza Occupation, Backbone Campaign & Economic Justice Allies, protests from a makeshift 'underwater home' November 10, 2011 to Demand Mortgage Correction in front of the Federal... View Photo »
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Demonstrators from the Freedom Plaza Occupation, Backbone Campaign & Economic Justice Allies protest November 10, 2011 to Demand Mortgage Correction in front of the Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) in Washington, DC. Demonstrators are... View Photo »
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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a Republican Presidential Debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich. Rising in national polls, Gingrich found himself on... View Photo »
About Freddie Mac
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The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC") NYSE: FRE, commonly known as Freddie Mac, is a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) of the United States Government. As a GSE, it is a stockholder-owned corporation authorized to make loans and loan guarantees. The FHLMC was created in 1970 to expand the secondary market for mortgages. Along... Full Article
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: (L-R) Freddie Mac CEO Charles Haldeman Jr. , Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward DeMarco and Fannie Mae President and CEO Michael Williams testify before the House Financial Services Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Freddie Mac CEO Charles Haldeman Jr. testifies before the House Financial Services Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee December 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. The CEO testified to the subcommittee about oversight of the Federal Housing...
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Charles Haldeman Jr. , president and CEO of Freddie Mac, speaks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on November 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on whether Fannie Mae and Freddie...
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Charles "Ed" Haldeman Jr. , Chief Executive Officer of Freddie Mac, speaks at Boston College's Chief Executive's Club of Boston luncheon in Boston, Massachusetts October 26, 2011. Haldeman will step down by the end of the year, the regulator of the company said on Wednesday. The Federal...
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Ed Haldeman, CEO of Freddie Mac, gestures as he speaks at Boston College's Chief Executive's Club of Boston luncheon in Boston, Massachusetts October 26, 2011.
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US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks during a press conference at the Treasury building on February 2, 2012 in Washington, DC. Geithner spoke about financial reform in 2012, saying more details are to come in the spring on the efforts by the administration of US President...
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: Robert Khuzami (2nd R), Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Enforcement Division, announces that the SEC has charged six former top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with securities fraud, alleging they approved of...
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Michael Williams, president and CEO of Fannie Mae, and Charles 'Ed' Haldeman Jr. , president and CEO of Freddie Mac participate in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on November 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. The...
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House Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises subcommittee Chairman Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J. , the subcommittee overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, talks about his proposals to restructure the market for buying and selling mortgage loans, known as the secondary mortgage...
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Housing advocates demonstrate outside during a speech by Charles "Ed" Haldeman, CEO of Freddie Mac, to Boston College's Chief Executive's Club of Boston luncheon in Boston, Massachusetts October 26, 2011.
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Attendees surf the internet at a Freddie Mac sponsored kiosk at the Independent Community Bankers of America's (ICBA) 2011 National Convention and Techworld in San Diego, California March 22, 2011.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney takes questions from supporters during a town hall meeting at the Horry-Georgetown Technical College Grand Strand Conference Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, December 17, 2011. Romney sought to create doubts about rival Newt Gingrich...
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward DeMarco testifies before the House Financial Services Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee December 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. DeMarco and the CEOs of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and...
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward DeMarco (L) talks with Fannie Mae CEO Michael Williams before testifying before the House Financial Services Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee December 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. ...
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Fannie Mae President and CEO Michael Williams testifies before the House Financial Services Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee December 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. The CEOs testified to the subcommittee about oversight of the Federal...
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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at a town meeting at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Gingrich has never been a conventional Republican and he certainly doesn't see it as the way to catch Mitt...
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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gestures during a news conference at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Gingrich has never been a conventional Republican and he certainly doesn't see it as the way to...
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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich takes part in a South Carolina Republican party presidential debate in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in this November 12, 2011 file photo. Gingrich acknowledged on November 16, 2011 that he...
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Michael Williams, president and CEO of Fannie Mae, participates in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on November 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) participates in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on November 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives should be...
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Michael Williams, president and CEO of Fannie Mae, looks at a monitor that reads 'Fannie and Freddie Still Owe Taxpayers $141 Billion', during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on November 16, 2011 in Washington, DC.
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National Peoples Action's Jordan Estevao, marching with the Freedom Plaza Occupation, Backbone Campaign & Economic Justice Allies, protests from a makeshift 'underwater home' November 10, 2011 to Demand Mortgage Correction in front of the Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA)...
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Demonstrators from the Freedom Plaza Occupation, Backbone Campaign & Economic Justice Allies protest November 10, 2011 to Demand Mortgage Correction in front of the Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) in Washington, DC. Demonstrators are demanding that the FHFA force Fannie...
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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a Republican Presidential Debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich. Rising in national polls, Gingrich found himself on the defensive Wednesday over huge...
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In this photo taken Sept. 27, 2011, a real estate sign is posted outside a newly listed home for sale, in Cincinnati. Fixed mortgage rates have fallen to historic new lows for a fourth straight week and are likely to fall further. Freddie Mac says the average on a 30-year fixed mortgage...
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: (L-R) Freddie Mac CEO Charles Haldeman Jr. , Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward DeMarco and Fannie Mae President and CEO Michael Williams testify before the House Financial Services Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
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