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Fannie And Freddie: Getting Ready For A Comeback?
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have surged on Trump privatization hopes, but common shares may now be overvalued, especially ...
Freddie and Fannie shares jump nearly 35%
Shares of housing giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were getting a big boost on Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump said he would consider privatizing the two enterprises. Trump, in a ...
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Bill Pulte is putting ‘obese’ Fannie and Freddie ‘on the treadmill’
Pulte described layers of bureaucracy and paperwork that has raised the cost of housing and made Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ...
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Moody’s Downgrades Fannie And Freddie Following U.S. Sovereign Credit Cut
Moody’s has downgraded the long-term senior unsecured debt ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Aa1 from Aaa, following ...
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'Don't fix what's not broken': experts mull cons of GSE exit
An explicit guarantee for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cause the risk weighting of agency MBS to decline, in turn freeing ...
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What’s the goal of ending the Fannie and Freddie conservatorship?
The GSEs have been under federal conservatorship since the 2008 financial crisis, so what’s the goal of ending that status?
This ‘Trump trade’ could wreck U.S. housing finance, warns Pimco
Of the popular “Trump trades” this year, one hinging on privatization of housing giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae could be ...
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Servicers: Fannie Mae replatforming some workout functions
The government-sponsored enterprise is retiring a technology platform used for loan workout reporting and giving mortgage ...