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A positive sign: Profits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

by
Adriene Hill
Aug 8, 2012
Rising home prices contribute to profits for the bailed-out mortgage lenders. Higher home prices should help the real estate market and homebuyers, too.

House report links Countrywide, Congress

by
David Gura
Jul 5, 2012
The home lender Countrywide gave preferential treatment to members of Congress, their staffs and employees of Fannie Mae in order to win influence in government, according to a long-awaited review by a House committee.

Wall Street firms may rent out Fannie foreclosures

Interview by
Stacey Vanek Smith
Mar 19, 2012
Some of Wall Street's biggest firms want to bid on pools of foreclosed properties being sold by Fannie Mae to rent them out. What does that mean for investors and how might it affect homeowners?

How will the payroll tax cut be paid for?

by
Mitchell Hartman
Dec 23, 2011
The payroll tax cut is expected to be extended for another two months. How will lawmakers come up with the billions it's going to cost?

Regulating Fannie and Freddie

by
John Steele Gordon
Dec 19, 2011
The SEC charged two former CEOs of the mortgage giants for failing to fully report their companies' exposure to subprime mortgages.

SEC files complaint against former Freddie, Fannie CEOs

Interview with
Scott Tong
Dec 16, 2011
Federal regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission just this morning charged several former executives at mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with civil fraud

Congress looks into Fannie Mae pay

by
Amy Scott
Nov 15, 2011
Two hearings on Capitol Hill are looking into Fannie Mae and government-backed mortgage loans. The House Financial Services Committee voted to rein in some of the million-dollar salaries for Fannie Mae executives.

Fannie, Freddie executive pay and the STOCK Act

by
Kai Ryssdal
Nov 16, 2011
The House Financial Services Committee voted to stop the multimillion dollar bonuses Fannie and Freddie executive have been getting. And the STOCK Act is introduced in the Senate.

The Irony of Fannie and Freddie Suing Banks

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Heidi N. Moore
Sep 6, 2011
The FHFA's sweeping lawsuits against 17 banks, filed Friday afternoon, seem to be largely like a case of case of brother-versus-brother, with the...

Meet the Maes: Whiteboard explores the Mae family tree

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Paddy Hirsch
Nov 10, 2011
Paddy Hirsch returns to the Whiteboard to explain the history of the Mae Family Tree. The fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-spo...

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