Freddie Mac

Cash-out refis back in demand, raising credit concerns

02/09/17

The rise in home values is good news for homeowners looking to tap the equity in their homes to pay down debt or make big purchases, but some consumer groups fear it could lead to a new wave of loan defaults.

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Explicit federal guarantee is key to ending GSE conservatorship

02/02/17

An explicit government guarantee of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is imperative to reform the secondary market, but it needs to be carefully circumscribed.

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Investors’ victory in GSE case may be turning point against Treasury

02/02/17

A federal appeals court ruling has opened the door for litigants to challenge a 2012 decision by the U.S. government to sweep all of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's profits into the coffers of the Treasury Department.

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Can MBA jump-start housing finance reform?

01/31/17

The Mortgage Bankers Association is trying to jump-start discussions around housing finance reform even as political dysfunction on Capitol Hill is reaching new lows.

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Mortgage bankers offer new vision for housing finance reform

01/31/17

The Mortgage Bankers Association unveiled a new housing finance reform plan on Tuesday designed to kick-start congressional discussions over what to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Appeals court rules against Treasury in GSE case

01/30/17

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Treasury Department will have to hand over more documents to investors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac related to its profit sweep of the two government-sponsored enterprises.

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Carson open to alternatives to 30-year fixed

01/12/17

Housing and Urban Development Secretary-designate Ben Carson is open to finding alternatives to the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, but believes there must be some government backstop to the housing market.

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Mnuchin vows to sell fund with ties to GSEs

01/11/17

Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin will divest himself of his investments and interests in a number of companies and funds once confirmed, including a fund that has bet on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being recapitalized and released from government control.

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