Federal Home Loan Banks

Moody's Warns It May Downgrade Muni Debt Rating

Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: US Credit Rating, Meredith Whitney, Federal Home Loan Banks, Fannie Mae, Federal Farm Credit Banks, Freddie Mac, Muni Debt Credit Rating, AAA Rating, Muni Debt, Moody's, Video, Business News

NEW YORK (Walter Brandimarte) - Moody's on Wednesday warned it may downgrade some Aaa-rated U.S. states and municipalities if the country loses it...

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Inflated Home Appraisals Key In Plaintiff's Lawsuit Against Banks

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage Backed Securities, Corelogic, Merrill Lynch, Ubs, Real Estate Values, Home Appraisals, Credit Suisse, Countrywide, Deutsche Bank, Banks, Financial Crisis, Federal Home Loan Banks, Foreclosure, Sec, Wall Street, Business News

Recent filings by two Federal Home Loan Banks -- in San Francisco and Seattle -- offer an intriguing way to clear this high hurdle. Lawyers representi...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Barney Frank: Abolish Fannie and Freddie

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Freddie Mac, Housing, Congressional Budget Office, Housing Crisis, Fannie Mae, Barney Frank, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgages, Barack Obama, Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Financial Crisis, Federal Home Loan Banks, Business News

House Democrat Barney Frank vowed on Friday to get rid of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as part of an overhaul of the country's taxpayer-...

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Ryan Grim

House Dems To Sic Watchdog On Fannie, Freddie

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Democrats are working on a rapid legislative fix that would finally put an independent watchdog in place at the agency with authority over Fanni...

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Ryan Grim

White House Told 'Multiple Times' Fannie, Freddie Had No Watchdog

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freddie Mac, Federal Home Loan Banks, Darrell Issa, Oversight, Fannie Mae, Fhfa, Transparency, Federal Housing Finance Board, Fannie Freddie Oversight, Business News

Whose fault is it that the federal agency that oversees five trillion dollars in mortgages hasn't had an independent inspector general for months? Not...

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