Fannie Mae

Time to reform Fannie and Freddie is now

12/29/17

The GSEs are on their way to paying back the money they owed the government under the original bailout deal made at the height of the financial crisis, making 2018 an opportune time for an overhaul of the housing finance market.

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Swiss regulator slams JPM; Fannie, Freddie get a boost

12/22/17

Bank allegedly “seriously breached” anti-money laundering rules; mortgage agencies will be permitted to retain $3 billion capital buffer.

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Four takeaways from deal to prop up GSEs

12/21/17

The announcement Thursday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt agreed to let Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each build a $3 billion capital buffer avoided a potential crisis.

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Treasury, FHFA strike deal to let GSEs retain 'limited' capital

12/21/17

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be allowed to build capital buffers to protect against losses under an agreement between the Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced on Thursday.

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FHFA seeks input on Fannie and Freddie's credit score models

12/20/17

The two government-sponsored enterprises have relied on the “classic” FICO credit scoring model for the past 12 years. But the Federal Housing Finance Agency is weighing whether the GSEs should upgrade to more recent scoring alternatives.

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M&T’s Robert Wilmers dies; sex scandal claims Visa executive

12/18/17

Long-time CEO grew M&T Bank into a $120 billion regional lender; Jim McCarthy, a high-profile manager, didn’t inform company about relationships.

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Housing finance needs fixing, but it doesn’t need Fannie or Freddie

12/15/17

The government-sponsored enterprises are at the heart of our housing finance problems, not the solutions.

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Preserving the GSEs is key to preserving affordability

12/15/17

For decades, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped working-class Americans get mortgages. That essential and powerful role in the national economy is fading.

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Fannie and Freddie: Should they stay or should they go?

12/08/17

Until recently, there was a consensus among policymakers that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac needed to be eliminated. That changed this week. Here's why.

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Breaking down Hensarling’s GSE reform overture

12/06/17

House Financial Services Committee Jeb Hensarling shifted tactics on housing finance reform Wednesday, acknowledging that a bill he’s pushed for years to virtually eliminate the government’s role in the mortgage market lacks the support to become law.

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