Tag: Mel Watt

The two engaged in a tense back-and-forth over a 2016 program started by Watt to reduce the balances of delinquent home loan borrowers. (AP)

Mel Watt squares off against Elizabeth Warren: ‘Unfair and untrue and unjust’

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2017 5:47 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

Fannie and Freddie face a new threat

Fannie and Freddie face a new threat

Joseph Lawler · September 6, 2016 4:01 am

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

Mel Watt, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said the program "will allow an opportunity for delinquent, underwater borrowers in these areas to avoid foreclosure and save their homes." (AP Photo)

Feds announce program to cut debt of underwater homeowners

Joseph Lawler · April 14, 2016 9:20 pm

Whether the Federal Housing Agency, as the government caretaker of the bailed-out mortgage giants, will allow reductions in the principal of home loans has long been a controversy. (AP Photo)

Fannie, Freddie regulator promises decision on reducing mortgage balances soon

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2016 5:42 pm

"Treasury's hurting. They're making the situation much worse," Berkowitz said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Fannie, Freddie investor predicts bailouts

Joseph Lawler · February 23, 2016 5:53 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

Fannie, Freddie CEO salaries to be boosted to $4 million

Joseph Lawler · July 1, 2015 11:27 am

Mel Watt, an Obama appointee who took over the FHFA in January 2014, has taken a number of steps to clarify and ease the terms under which Fannie and Freddie extend credit. (AP Photo)

GOP: Administration ‘once again putting people into homes that they can’t afford to keep’

Joseph Lawler · January 27, 2015 6:43 pm

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Efforts to jump-start housing stoke fears of another crisis

Joseph Lawler · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

Nearly a year ago, on Jan. 6, Watt was sworn in as director of the FHFA. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Federal Housing Director Mel Watt stokes housing fear

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2014 10:00 am