FANNIE MAE

BUSINESS
Getting A Mortgage As A Business Owner Isn't As Hard As You Think
By Kevin Yu, Contributor
Personal Finance Expert
What the Process Looks Like The process of obtaining a mortgage for a self employed borrower is exactly the same as a W-2
BUSINESS
Keep Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Until They Are No Longer Needed
By Jack Guttentag, Contributor
Professor of Finance Emeritus at the Wharton School of the Uni...
But the paralysis won't last forever, at some point it will give way to a plan to phase out the agencies by progressively
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives the thumbs up while standing with John Paulson at a luncheon for the Economic Club of New York in New York, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Seth Wenig/AP
POLITICS
Donald Trump's Economic Team Continues To Align With His Billionaire Hedge Fund Adviser
By Paul Blumenthal
His OMB selection supports policy that will make John Paulson billions.
BUSINESS
Homebuyer Education: The First Step to Buying a Home
By Nathaniel Sillin, Contributor
Head of Global Financial Education at Visa Inc.
7. The aftermath. A solid homebuying class should give you a wide picture of the costs you'll face after the sale and how
BUSINESS
Wall Street's "Legacy" Problem
By Joel Sucher, Contributor
New York filmmaker/author/blogger
Citibank, forking over $425 million to resolve cases involving complicity in the scam/scandalous interest rate rigging affair
BUSINESS
First-Time Homebuyer or No Credit History? Fannie Mae Update May Help
By NerdWallet, Contributor
Providing clarity for all of life's financial decisions.
One other modification: Current mortgage holders are currently considered less risky than applicants who don't have a mortgage
Hedge fund director John Alfred Paulson, president of Paulson & Co Inc, testifies before a US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the regulation of hedge funds, on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 13, 2008. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
POLITICS
The Vultures' Vultures: How A New Hedge-Fund Strategy Is Corrupting Washington
By Ryan Grim and Paul Blumenthal
And it's paying off.
POLITICS
We've Fixed Fannie and Freddie; It's Time to Release Them
By Former Congresswoman Eva M. Clayton, Contributor
Former Congresswoman and former Assistant Director General of ...
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the twin housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been in a conservatorship. Yet, the status quo in Washington seems to be dug into keeping them hamstrung in permanent confusion.
BUSINESS
Record Mortgage Volume in 2015, in Spite of US Treasury
By Harlan Green, Contributor
Editor/Publisher
In addition to very large Consumer credit borrowing that rose $17.2 billion in February (but excludes mortgage lending), the number of new first mortgages increased markedly in 2015, according to new data from credit rating company Equifax.
BUSINESS
Shift Control of Appraisals to Mortgage Borrowers: Some Further Thoughts
By Jack Guttentag, Contributor
Professor of Finance Emeritus at the Wharton School of the Uni...
Approved AMCs would compete for the business of potential borrowers in terms of price, which would reduce the cost of appraisals
DC
New Study Finds Lack of Housing for 7.2 Million Lowest Income Renters
By Malik Siraj Akbar, Contributor
Contributing Writer
NLIHC enthusiastically supports this bold new bill because it tackles the unacceptably high levels of homelessness in this country and will increase the supply of affordable housing for the country's lowest income households.
POLITICS
The Whistleblowers' Third Lemon Award Is to Fannie and FHFA
By William K. Black, Contributor
Prof; Econ & Law, UMKC. Financial regulator. White-collar crim...
The Bank Whistleblowers United's third weekly lemons award is made jointly to the Federal Housing Finance Agency and Fannie Mae (with a dishonorable mention to the federal judiciary). The award goes for these entities' indifference and even hostility to whistleblowers.
BUSINESS
The Fannie-Freddie Debacle Continues
By Harlan Green, Contributor
Editor/Publisher
It may therefore be up to the courts to decide who is at fault in the continuing debacle--at a time of record low interest
BUSINESS
Taxpayers and Homeowners Share the Same Risk Regardless of Politics
By Garrick T. Davis, Contributor
Managing Director at America's Homeowner Alliance
Almost two thirds of taxpayers are homeowners. Why should they be OK with the government experimenting with their tax dollars to benefit the government controlled GSEs? How about benefiting the taxpayer homeowner instead?
IMPACT
Solutions
By Deborah De Santis, Contributor
CSH President and CEO
There are solutions to many of the challenges facing our society today. This isn't just New Year's optimism; it comes from what I see every day. My faith in supportive housing stems from proof that it solves some of the toughest issues and the promising results springing from its many applications.
POLITICS
The Garbage Collectors...
By Joel Sucher, Contributor
New York filmmaker/author/blogger
The article focused on Fortress Investment's Peter Briger, a/k/a "king of debt" a/k/a "junkyard dog," a man who scored big by buying up the so-called "distressed assets" that banks didn't want and were willing to sell off cheap. So, if you're one of millions of struggling homeowners be afraid, be very afraid.
BUSINESS
America's Homebuyers Being Targeted as Washington's Latest 'Pay-For' Piggy Bank
By Garrick T. Davis, Contributor
Managing Director at America's Homeowner Alliance
Prospective new homeowners have all sorts of pressing concerns to consider. Strapping the cost of a federal highway spending bill onto their backs by way of artificially inflated loan guarantee fees paid over the life of a 30-year mortgage shouldn't be one of them.
HOME & LIVING
Getting Your Home Ready to Sell
By Nathaniel Sillin, Contributor
Head of Global Financial Education at Visa Inc.
Many of us don't recognize the clutter we have in our homes. However, buyers do. Real estate professionals can offer valuable feedback on the overall condition and salability of a property, and removing clutter can make properties seem more spacious.
BUSINESS
Will Fannie and Freddie's Investors Finally Succeed?
By Harlan Green, Contributor
Editor/Publisher
The White House, U.S. Treasury, and Federal Housing Finance Authority have been stonewalling discovery requests by investors who want to know exactly why the GSEs were put into conservatorship in the first place.
BUSINESS
Debt Forgiveness Could Save This Woman's Home, But Nation's Housing Chief Still Says No
By Ben Hallman
"We have no sense of security," she said. “Now I know exactly what our clients have gone though." In response, Watt said
BUSINESS
Fannie and Freddie Didn't Do It!
By Harlan Green, Contributor
Editor/Publisher
As if further confirmation was needed that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were not even a minor cause of the housing bubble and consequent bust, the latest judgement against Nomura Securities for selling fraudulent mortgages to Fannie and Freddie should be icing on the cake.
BUSINESS
The Undeniable Benefits of Housing Counseling Are Worth Every Cent
By Garrick T. Davis, Contributor
Managing Director at America's Homeowner Alliance
The case for the widespread use of housing counseling in America's residential housing marketplace is both simple and straightforward.
MONEY
Family Makes Their Mortgage Payments But Gets Foreclosed On Anyway
By Steve Rhode, Contributor
Consumer Debt Expert & Firefighter
How ridiculous would it be if you made all your mortgage payments in full and on time for years and your mortgage lender
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