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Watchdog: Mortgage Giants Spending Too Much Defending Former Execs

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 02.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must do a better job limiting legal expenses paid by the two mortgage giant...

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FBI Reportedly Investigating Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac For Role In Subprime Crisis

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.21.2011

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It's been a bad month for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced last week that it was suing half a dozen for...

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Fannie, Freddie To Cut Lenders' Risk To Boost Refinancing Program

Posted 11.16.2011

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Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB) and Freddie Mac (FMCC.OB), the largest sources of U.S. housing finance, both said on Tuesday they would relieve lenders from ...

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Obama Administration To Unveil Mortgage Relief Program

Posted 10.31.2011

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By Margaret Chadbourn WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is considering unveiling new plans next week to revive the ailing housing market a...

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Fannie, Freddie Taxpayer Tab Could Hit $169 Billion By Next year

Bloomberg | Lorraine Woellert | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taxpayer aid to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will reach $224 billion by the end of 2012, of which $55 billion will be returned in dividends to the U.S. ...

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The End Of Fannie And Freddie?

wsj.com | NICK TIMIRAOS | Posted 05.25.2011

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$600 Billion To Boost Economy But $1.8 Trillion Lost To Foreclosures Why Is The Federal Government Powerless To Make Banks Help Homeowners?

John Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Along with other community and housing groups, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition has been pushing the White House and Congress to require ...

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Fannie, Freddie Reform Could Cost $685 BILLION

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Costs to "resolve" U.S. mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and capitalize a new entity to replace their r...

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Fannie, Freddie May Forgive Mortgage Debt For Some Borrowers: Reuters

James Pethokoukis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Main Street may be about to get its own gigantic bailout. Rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is abou...

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FHA: Banks Should Share Fannie, Freddie Bailout Costs

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The nation's largest banks have an obligation to pay some of the cost for bailing out mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be...

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What Should Be Done With Fannie And Freddie?

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The call from business for less government has a notable exception: the mortgage market. The Obama administration invited banking ...

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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Shares To Be Pulled From NYSE

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Government-sponsored mortgage purchasers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to delist their shares from the New York Stock Exchange. The ...

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Financial Reform Proposals By The Obama Administration Ignore 'Too Big To Fail': Simon Johnson

baselinescenario.com | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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We agree completely with the administration's approach -- actually, with Elizabeth Warren's approach -- to consumer protection. (We make this clear i...

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Fannie Mae 4Q

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Fannie Mae needs another $15 billion in federal assistance, bringing its total to more than $75 billion. And worse, the mortgage fi...

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Fannie, Freddie: Still 'No Exit' For Government's Investments In Troubled Housing Giants

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Seventeen months and $110 billion later, the U.S. government's enormous investment in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has turned the two firms into semi-pe...

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Fannie and Freddie Fire Their Own Inspector General

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is no independent auditor overseeing the federal agency responsible for some $6 trillion in home mortgages, because the Department of Justice's ...

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Fannie, Freddie, Forgotten In Reform Bills, May Ask Government For MORE Money

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Those who assumed that the recent round of TARP repayments by Citigroup and Wells Fargo signaled an end to the bailout era may want to think again. ...

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Bipartisan Effort Would Force An IG On Fannie And Freddie

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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A bipartisan foursome in the House of Representatives introduced a bill on Wednesday that would require the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency...

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Issa Threatens To Strip Federal Money From Fannie And Freddie

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taxpayer money shouldn't be used to back some $6 trillion in home mortgages if there is no inspector general keeping watch over those funds, the ranki...

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Administration Increases Fannie/Freddie Support

AP | J.W. ELPHINSTONE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The government has handed its ATM card to beleaguered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Treasury Department said Thurs...

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Obama Punting On Fannie, Freddie Could Prove Costly

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess | Posted 05.25.2011

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Facing an array of more immediate financial problems, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has pushed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac towards the bottom of ...

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Fannie Mae Wants Another $10.7B In U.S. Aid

AP | Alan Zibel, AP Real Estate Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fannie Mae plans to tap $11 billion in new government aid after posting another massive quarterly loss as the taxpayer bill from th...

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Splitting Fannie, Freddie

washingtonpost.com | Zachary A. Goldfarb and David Cho | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration launched a broad government effort this week to overhaul mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and is considering splitt...

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Fannie, Freddie May Require Billions More In Assistance

Washington Post | Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 05.25.2011

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The first of the Bush administration's major financial takeovers is poised to get more expensive as mounting troubles in the credit and housing market...

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