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FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC

The bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has signaled an economic crisis for many. How are the mortgage finance companies faring as the housing market slumps? What will the government do to prop them up and keep them operating effectively?

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batches of loans and works with other companies to evaluate which ones might qualify for F.H.A., Fannie Mae or Freddie...

Zuckerman: How to Carefully Fix the Financial Systemmore

is why the securitization market, making up more than a third of all U.S. finance, virtually collapsed.

No Bondholder Left Behindmore

be surprising given their history. Mr. Frank is famous for saying he wanted to 'roll the dice' with Fannie Mae and...

McCarron: Small banks too good to save?more

-- the one that pushed his FBOP Corp. over the edge -- was in the preferred stock of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Early Data Suggest Suicides Are Risingmore

a backdrop of financial strain. Colleagues of David B. Kellermann, the 41-year-old acting finance chief for mortgage...

The Great Money Bingemore

sterling investments, but where did all those bad loans come from? Bill Clinton lashed those twin demon horses Fannie...

Fed independence doubts may hurt recovery: reportmore

He noted that his predecessor at the St. Louis Fed, William Poole, argued in the early 2000s that Fannie Mae and...

Fed's Bullard: Asset Buying Efforts Should Remain Activemore

The Fed is also committed to buying $175 billion in debt issued by the government backed housing lenders Fannie Mae,...

Web site rallies shareholders for proxy fightsmore

and isn't likely to need hundreds of Capmark workers if it buys the assets. Government-run mortgage financiers Fannie...

CFTC chief Gary Gensler is out to police financial Wild Westmore

in 2000 in favor of controversial and doomed legislation to curb the growing power of mortgage finance giants Fannie...

Shop around for best jumbo-mortgage dealmore

are home loans that are bigger than normal. They exceed the conforming limit, the maximum loan amount that Fannie Mae...

Wall Streets Spin Gamemore

losing business because of their toxic reputations. One recent Goldman deal, for instance, to buy cheap assets from...

Do Blue-Chip Penny Stocks Exist?more

penny-stock prices reads like a Who's Who of government bailouts: Citigroup, AIG (before a 1-to-20 reverse split),...

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Bank of America, MGIC, Fannie Mae, Fred...more

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Real Estate Matters: There's more than the rate to consider in a refin...more

available for loans with less than a 20 percent down payment, and their guidelines differ somewhat from most Fannie Mae...

Prodesse Investment Calls EGM To Liquidate Businessmore

on its own terms. Prodesse invests solely in mortgage-backed securities issued and guaranteed by U.S. housing agencies...

There's more to a refinance than the ratemore

available for loans with less than a 20 percent down payment, and their guidelines differ somewhat from most Fannie Mae...

Small steps to reopen commercial bond marketmore

The two deals are among the only ones since the securtitisation of real estate loans stopped in mid-2008.

Do you qualify for a jumbo mortgage?more

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Why Foreclosures Rise Even as the Economy Expandsmore

borrowers to relinquish ownership of their property but remain there as renters. Similar efforts have been launched at...

What's Next for Mortgage Rates?more

need to have 'skin in the game.' Other GSEs, which I'm certain you have heard of, are Fannie Mae (FNM), Freddie Mac...

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