Tag: GSEs

The Fannie Mae headquarters building in Washington, Saturday, April 21, 2018.

Privatize Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae

Seth H. Giertz · February 8, 2019 4:12 pm

"There is a serious risk, if not a likelihood, that this state of affairs may persist indefinitely, leaving our housing finance system in a semi-permanent limbo" if Congress doesn't act, Jerome Powell said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Fed official warns it’s ‘now or never’ for reforming Fannie and Freddie

Joseph Lawler · July 6, 2017 3:05 pm

Mel Watt, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, told a panel of senators Thursday that the government-sponsored enterprises will see their capital buffer reduced to zero under law by the start of next year, leaving the companies at the mercy of markets. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg)

Regulator warns Fannie, Freddie may need to draw on Treasury funds next year

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2017 2:48 pm

"Some of the challenges and risks we are managing are escalating, and will continue to do so the longer the enterprises remain in conservatorship," Federal Housing Finance Agency director Mel Watt said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Regulator: Feds face rising risks for managing Fannie, Freddie

Joseph Lawler · February 18, 2016 4:02 pm

"These wealthy hedge funds made a bet that Congress would fail to do its job, structural reform efforts would fail, and Fannie and Freddie would be recapitalized and released." (Bloomberg File Photo/Photographer)

Corker: Omnibus protects Fannie, Freddie from ‘Wall Street hedge funds’

Joseph Lawler · December 17, 2015 11:34 pm

The Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

House panel votes to cap CEO pay at Fannie, Freddie

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2015 8:42 pm

"We don't have the luxury of minor tweaks; this legislation responds to the need for complete overhaul," Rep. Ed Royce said.Â

Committee to move bill to cap salaries for Fannie, Freddie CEOs

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2015 9:18 pm

Government created the housing and financial crises — and might be doing it again

Michael Barone · January 19, 2015 10:00 am

Fun fact: Guess where the current IRS commissioner used to work

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Fun fact: Guess where the current IRS commissioner used to work

Becket Adams · June 20, 2014 9:36 pm

The Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Fannie and Freddie reform without respect for private property would cost everybody

James C. Miller III · June 4, 2014 7:58 pm

Pershing Square Capital Management CEO William Ackman speaks at the New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall on October 1, 2010, in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for Rubenstein Communications)

Major Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac investor sketches out plan for keeping companies alive

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Tim Johnson, D-S.D. (left), and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho. (Getty images/Chip Somodevilla)

Fannie-Freddie fate hangs on Senate action this week

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 4:00 am