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BusinessWeek June 17, 2010 Woellert & Stein |
Rising Tab for the Mortgage Mess The bailout of Fannie and Freddie could reach $1 trillion |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Dawn Kopecki |
Why Fannie And Freddie Are Fidgety The financial giants are loaded down with dicey loans as defaults increase. |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Nick Baker |
Fannie and Freddie Face New Rules The mortgage giants may get a tougher regulator, but Bush and Greenspan want more. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool April 18, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
A Subprime Fix From Fannie and Freddie While internal housekeeping issues at Fannie and Freddie remain, one hopes that regulatory measures will not be imposed which will hamper their ability to responsibly and flexibly meet the needs of the market. |
The Motley Fool March 26, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
Freddie Mac's Two Left Feet The mortgage finance company trots out the same old dance steps. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rich Duprey |
Too Big to Fail -- or File Mortgage guaranty giant Fannie Mae avoids delisting despite failing to file financials. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Chinese Giving Up on Fannie and Freddie? The Bank of China has cut its securities issued or guaranteed by Fannie and Freddie by a quarter since the end of June. |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Rich Duprey |
The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks The vortex of price declines sucking down values could spiral out of the investment bankers' control, leading to their own subprime devaluation. Investors, take note. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Randall Dodd |
Subprime: Tentacles of a Crisis The mortgage market turbulence is as much about the breakdown of the structure of U.S. financial markets as it is about bad debt. |
Bank Systems & Technology April 22, 2009 Orla O'Sullivan |
Suicide Suspected in Freddie Mac CFO Death David Kellermann, 41, found dead in a reported suicide. |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Fannie Awaits the Wrecking Ball Mortgage guaranty company Fannie Mae is set for demolition after the Fed's recent moves. |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Weber & Palmer |
The Mouse Roaring at Fannie and Freddie A small Chicago rival is horning in on their territory |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Freddie and Fannie Free-Fall There may be no choice but to bail out the behemoth mortgage lenders. |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Philip Durell |
The Worst Stocks for 2010: Fannie Mae Shareholders should cry Uncle. |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 Nathan Parmelee |
Quick Take: No More Jumbo Loans From Capital One Capital One pulls the plug on its nonconforming mortgage business. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Amid Losses, Fannie Mae Takes on More Risk A deteriorating balance sheet, combined with dramatically increased risk exposure, could spell disaster for Fannie Mae. |
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 Henry & Goldstein |
The Subprime Mess: "It's Just Going To Get Worse" Many more borrowers could default when ARM rates rise. |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Fannie and Freddie Are Dead. What's Next? Housing, sans Uncle Sam. |
Bank Systems & Technology July 23, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan |
Fannie, Freddie Troubles May Have Been Avoided If Technology Was Used Properly As observers watch cash-strapped Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being propped up by the government, many wonder how technology failed to save the agencies and the lenders supplying mortgages to them from being left holding the bag on so many bad loans. |
U.S. Banker August 2001 Ted Cornwell |
Fears of Defaults Subprime loans are behind the fears. They have not been tested in a declining economy and analysts don't know what to expect. |
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn |
Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
The Motley Fool May 15, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Freddie Gets a Boost Freddie Mac's stock soars on news of capital raising. |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2004 Bill Mann |
What Does Fannie Mae Do? Fannie Mae's charter calls on it to ensure that the mortgage market is awash in enough cash so that Americans face minimal problems in their dream of owning a home. But how? And why are its accounting problems such a big deal? |
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Woellert & Miller |
Time to Rethink Fannie and Freddie The debate has begun on how to reform the mortgage giants. |
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
A Wild Week for Fannie and Freddie Analyst downgrades. Worse-than-expected earnings. The lifting of federal loan limits. Put it all together, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have experienced one of the most tumultuous weeks in their history. |
The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 Morgan Housel |
The Freddie-Fannie Saga Continues The good news is that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are still alive and kicking. The bad news, and there's quite a bit of it, is that their story is far from over. |
BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 Roben Farzad |
Rethinking Fannie and Freddie Without overhauling the mortgage giants, reform is unlikely |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Are Homeowners About to Hit the Lottery? Rumors are that the Obama administration is about to order lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more than what their homes are worth |
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Joseph Weber |
Why Low-Income Lending Won't Take A Hit If Fannie Mae pulled back, private lenders would step in. Banks and other lenders have already increased their lending to low-income buyers -- and have found that the business they once avoided is lucrative. |
U.S. Banker September 2008 Michael Sisk |
Managing The Troublesome Twins One highly touted feature of the housing legislation signed into law in July is the creation of a tougher regulator to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
U.S. Banker July 2008 Paul Muolo |
The Year of Living Dangerously: Banks Cope with Fallout Subprime-origination volumes were hammered last year after concerns about delinquencies, credit quality and declining home values ravished the market. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2008 Morgan Housel |
How Did Freddie and Fannie Fall? In a word: ignorance. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2011 Nick Silbergeld |
Separation Anxiety Does splitting Fannie and Freddie's platforms make sense? |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Housing: 24 Hours From the Next Leg Down? In 24 hours, the Federal Reserve will stop buying mortgage-backed securities. When it does, there's a good chance the economy will shift in big ways. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Reforming Fannie and Freddie Given the accounting scandals at both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it's no great shock that the two companies are bracing for increased regulatory oversight. The question for players in the multi-family real estate industry is whether the reforms will cramp their style. |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
New Rules Coming for Fannie and Freddie The House passes a bill creating a new regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There's no doubt that accounting irregularities have to be cleaned up and confidence restored, but an increase in long-term capital requirements would be unnecessary and harmful. |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Paula Dwyer |
Fannie and Freddie: Breaking Up Is Good to Do The two giants have too much on their plates. |
U.S. Banker February 2002 Paul Muolo |
The Ginnie Mae Alternative Some enemies of Fannie and Freddie see hope in allowing Ginnie Mae to securitize high loan-to-value conventional mortgages. If it happens, it would be a coup for GE Capital Mortgage Insurance... |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Bleeker & Williamson |
Who's More to Blame: The SEC or Fannie and Freddie? March Madness series: Which government-ish entity do you choose? The SEC has more than enough complicity in this mess, but Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were set up to fail from the start. |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2007 Emil Lee |
Yield Curve Not Too Slippery for Annaly Annaly Capital Management announced its second decent quarter in a row and increased its dividend to $0.20 for the quarter, up from $0.11 last year. |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2006 John B. Levy |
A Shot Across The Bow Investors in loans on commercial real estate -- insurance companies, pension funds and Wall Street firms -- continued competing for business in January, squeezing spreads between interest rates on commercial mortgages and rates on Treasuries. |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2009 Morgan Housel |
The New Subprime Lender Please meet the FHA. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over. |
U.S. Banker May 2003 John Engen |
Out of Step They're exempt from state and local taxes and from registering most securities with the SEC. They have sharply lower capital requirements. Combined, these factors give Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a gargantuan advantage in the market. Their "mission creep" has most bankers seeing red. |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2004 Roger Nusbaum |
Freddie's Follies What's next for the mortgage behemoth, Freddie Mac? |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Last Call for Smart Homeowners The Fed's recent move has triggered a sharp downtick in mortgage rates. If you want to refinance, it may be now or never. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2009 Palmeri & Francis |
How Real Is the Rally in Real Estate Bonds? Companies are jumping back into mortgage securities, but they may regret their moves. |
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 Mara der Hovanesian |
Swooping Down On Subprime There's a banquet of troubled investments to pick from, but valuation is still tricky. |