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Divided Decade

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 10 years after the bailout

by Amy Scott
Sep 6, 2018
Why are the mortgage giants still under government control?
Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac says rates on 30-year fixed mortgages fell below 3% this week. For some people, that's a chance to refinance.
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FICO’s grip on mortgage credit scores challenged

by Aaron Schrank
Mar 14, 2018
Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac consider one credit score when determining the creditworthiness of mortgage applicants: FICO.  Some members of Congress want to change that by adding a provision to a bank deregulation bill that would require Fannie and Freddie to also look at applicants’ VantageScore. The company that calculates VantageScores is […]
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Fannie Mae CEO reflects on housing 10 years after the financial crisis

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Jan 24, 2018
Timothy Mayopoulos joined Fannie Mae a few months after it was taken over by the government. Today, he's the CEO.
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The future of Fannie & Freddie under Trump

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 3, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary wants to remove government control and financial backing from the housing-finance entities.
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U.S. mortgage giants under the microscope

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 14, 2015
What's the deal with our strange relationship with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
The headquarters of Freddie Mac in McLean, Virginia.
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Flush with cash, Freddie Mac keeps paying the Treasury

by Mitchell Hartman
Aug 4, 2015
The mortgage giant will pay the government another $3.9 billion in September.
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The man behind Fannie and Freddie

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 4, 2014
In the world of real estate, few people are more powerful than Mel Watt.
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2/27/07, 416, 546 and the day the market broke

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 3, 2014
The birth of the mortgage bust and "the death of the God of the closing bell."
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The Wrap: Keep chuggin' along

by Kai Ryssdal
May 16, 2014
Bonds, inflation, housing: we review this week in the economy
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Fixing infrastructure and American jobs

by David Brancaccio
May 14, 2014
Cisco makes a move into the "Internet of Things." And, Fannie and Freddie start paying back the American taxpayer.
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