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'Everybody Will Dig Up Everything They Can Dig Up'

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2011

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URBANDALE, Iowa -- Rising in national polls, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich found himself on the defensive Wednesday over huge paymen...

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Time to Move On: Families Facing Foreclosure Need Better Solutions Than HAMP

Janis Bowdler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fhfa, Bank of America, Economic Recovery, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Latino and Black Homeowners, Foreclosure, Latino, Hamp, Gse, Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), Fannie Mae, Congress, Neighborhood Stabilization Program, Families, Business News
Janis Bowdler

While HAMP set out to provide three to four million modifications, only 600,000 families have received permanent loan modifications through the program. It's time to look for other ways to stymie foreclosures.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Obama Calls For End To Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- The Obama administration outlined three options Friday to change the way home loans are financed, calling for the slow death of mortgage g...

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Big Banks Want Fannie And Freddie's Government Backing

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Mortgages, Treasury Department, Freddie Mac, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, Fannie Mae, Gse, Michael Barr, Business News

As the government struggles to revamp Fannie and Freddie, big banks are trying to capitalize on changes to the government sponsored enterprises. Trea...

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NYT: The Housing Market Is On The Brink

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Mortgages, Housing Market, Freddie Mac, Housing Market News, New York Times, Fannie Mae, Gse, Housing Market 2010, Business News

Meanwhile, the administration should investigate ways to facilitate more refinancing. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-controlled mortgage c...

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Fannie, Freddie Reform: The Government Needs To Continue Propping Up The Mortgage Market, Say Banking Execs

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Treasury Department, Pimco, Freddie Mac, Bill Gross, Tim Geithner, Fannie Freddie Conference, Fannie Mae, Gse, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP, ALAN ZIBEL) -- The Obama administration invited banking executives Tuesday to offer advice on changing the government's role in the mo...

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What Should Be Done With Fannie And Freddie?

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fannie Freddie Reform, Mortgage Lenders, Freddie Mac, Fannie Freddie, Tim Geithner, Mortgage Market, Fannie Mae, Gse, Business News

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

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Bank Regulation, Need for Transparency, and Politics as Usual Makes the Outcome Uncertain

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Chautin

Bank regulation is caught up in political maneuvering. Pro and con lobbying groups are spinning legislators. We need reform.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Greenspan To Financial Crisis Commission: Roots Of Crisis In Communism's Fall, The Fed Isn't To Blame

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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(We'll be running a live blog of the testimony at the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's latest round of hearings in Washington, D.C. Former Federa...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Geithner: Fannie and Freddie Need To Be Changed... But We Don't Know How

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freddie Mac, Timothy Geithner, Scott Garrett, Housing, Barney Frank, Financial Reform, Gse, Michael Capuano, Fannie Mae, Homeownership, Financial Crisis, Maxine Waters, Business News

The Congressional panel tasked with overseeing the nation's financial system and the Treasury Secretary both agree that there's a problem with the nat...

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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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Ryan Grim

Fannie, Freddie And Citi: The Rise Of The New Government-Sponsored Enterprise

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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JPMorgan Chase: $3.6 billion in profits in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs: $3.03 billion. Analysts expect a string of sky-high profit announcements t...

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Fannie, Freddie Stock Prices Soar On Announcement Of Government's Blank Check Support

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Treasury Department, Freddie Mac, Fannie, Freddie, Fannie Mae, Fannie Freddie Stock Price, Gse, Blank Check, Government-Sponsored-Entities, Business News

Call it a Christmas gift for the mortgage giants. Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were up big yesterday on the Treasury Department's Christmas...

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

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Mortgages, Government Sponsored Entity, Freddie Mac, Fannie Freddie, John Carney, Mortgage Market, Wells Fargo, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Gse, Ben Bernanke, Fannie Freddie Bailout, Citigroup, Business News

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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Analyst Says Fannie, Freddie Have "No Underlying Value"

bloomberg.com | Dawn Kopecki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Miller FBR Capital Markets, Fannie Mae, Gse, Freddie Mac, Fannie Stock, Freddie Stock, Business News

Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell in New York trading after FBR Capital Market's Paul Miller said the mortgage-finance companies ...

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