Tag: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Affordability must remain a central feature of the housing finance system in reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Obama Treasury officials stipulated Wednesday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama Treasury says Fannie, Freddie reform must guarantee affordability

Joseph Lawler · October 26, 2016 10:51 pm

Allowing bailed-out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to keep some profits and build capital would reduce the risk of a bailout but cost taxpayers, a government budget agency concluded Thursday. (AP Photo)

Budget office: Letting Fannie, Freddie raise capital would reduce bailout risk

Joseph Lawler · October 20, 2016 8:58 pm

Fannie and Freddie face a new threat

Fannie and Freddie face a new threat

Joseph Lawler · September 6, 2016 4:01 am

Six senators, including Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Mark Warner, D-Va., wrote to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt to warn him against re-privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as that would "perpetuate the pre-crisis practice of socializing losses and privatizing gains." (AP Photos)

Corker, Warner warn regulator not to free Fannie and Freddie

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2016 8:36 pm

Under the terms of its conservatorship, all of Fannie Mae's profits go straight to the Treasury Department, which, as the IG report noted, doesn't give it much incentive to spend wisely. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Fannie Mae must get its house in order

Washington Examiner · June 17, 2016 4:03 am

The IG noted that apparently Fannie Mae agreed to pay the costs of some pricey features of the new space, including three glass bridges connecting different parts of the building, spiral stair cases, rooftop desks, and "town centers," even though the company will be a renter, not an owner, of the new building. (Courtesy photo)

Watchdog flags Fannie Mae for lavish spending on new D.C. headquarters

Joseph Lawler · June 16, 2016 2:39 pm

The eight biggest U.S. banks, like Bank of America, would have to roughly double their capital levels to qualify for Rep. Jeb Hensarling's plan. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

GOP gives banks a way out of Dodd-Frank

Joseph Lawler · June 7, 2016 4:01 am

Congress created Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in past decades in order to pump up the housing market. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Puerto Rico’s debt, Fannie Mae’s stock, and public-policy profiteering

Timothy P. Carney · May 18, 2016 12:20 am

Robert Raben is a lobbyist but he's simultaneously an important power broker in the Democratic Party. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

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Lobby firm tied into Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, uses lefty groups to help Fannie-invested hedge funds

Timothy P. Carney · May 13, 2016 4:28 pm

HUD Secretary Julian Castro said the money would be used to "confront a growing affordable rental housing crisis in this country." (AP Photo)

Housing trust fund sends first payment to states

Joseph Lawler · May 4, 2016 4:28 pm

The mortgage buyer, still under government management, posted a loss of $200 million in the first quarter. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Freddie Mac narrowly avoids tapping Treasury for money

Joseph Lawler · May 3, 2016 4:40 pm

Richard Shelby asked the comptroller to investigate issues touching on the question of whether Fannie and Freddie should be recapitalized and released from government's ownership or whether they should be shuttered. (AP Photo)

Fannie and Freddie to get new scrutiny

Joseph Lawler · April 18, 2016 6:15 pm