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The Motley Fool
August 31, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
A Jumbo Problem for Housing Limits on loans by Congress will hurt hard-hit high-end housing markets.   |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage. |
The Motley Fool
January 21, 2004 |
Seeing Nothin' But Fannie Fannie Mae's earnings doubled amid a housing boom. Surprised? Don't be. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 24, 2011
Sean Silverthorne |
What's Government's Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing? The private market should be the main supplier of mortgage credit, but it should be carefully monitored using new approaches to regulating mortgage securitization. The government should play a role of "guarantor of last resort" in periods of crisis. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
The Last Straw for Suffering Homeowners A spike in mortgage rates threatens any chance of a housing recovery. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
Citigroup's Shameful About-Face on Mortgage Mods Beware this misguided effort to stop foreclosures. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Life After Fannie and Freddie: Canada Edition A modest proposal, modeled after our neighbors to the north. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over. |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Woellert & Miller |
Time to Rethink Fannie and Freddie The debate has begun on how to reform the mortgage giants. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2010
Morgan Housel |
The $215 Billion Hole in the Housing Market Underwater homeowners and the looming debt bomb. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Last Call for Smart Homeowners The Fed's recent move has triggered a sharp downtick in mortgage rates. If you want to refinance, it may be now or never. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Are Homeowners About to Hit the Lottery? Rumors are that the Obama administration is about to order lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more than what their homes are worth |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Housing Market Stimulants Bush administration remedies for the ailing housing market may provide much-needed inducements for the market to heal itself. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
A Jumbo Opportunity Interest rates on jumbo mortgages rose nearly half a percentage point in August, even as regular mortgage rates were mostly coming down. Is it time to raise the jumbo loan amount minimum? |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2012
Dan Caplinger |
Why This Mortgage Move Is a Bad Idea The rumored proposal to allow refinancing doesn't address the true problem. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Paulson's New Plan: A Cheap Mortgage for Every Home A new rescue plan for the economy would use nationalized mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lower the 30-year fixed mortgage rate down as far as 4.5%, over a full point lower than the current level. |
BusinessWeek
August 4, 2003
Weber & Palmer |
The Mouse Roaring at Fannie and Freddie A small Chicago rival is horning in on their territory |
U.S. Banker
September 2008
Michael Sisk |
Managing The Troublesome Twins One highly touted feature of the housing legislation signed into law in July is the creation of a tougher regulator to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Fannie and Freddie Are Dead. What's Next? Housing, sans Uncle Sam. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan |
The Motley Fool
July 11, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
The Financial System Is Cracking Banking news: Things got worse in the credit crisis this week as the market speculated that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could need a government bailout. |
The Motley Fool
February 29, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
A Wild Week for Fannie and Freddie Analyst downgrades. Worse-than-expected earnings. The lifting of federal loan limits. Put it all together, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have experienced one of the most tumultuous weeks in their history. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2007
S.J. Caplan |
A Subprime Fix From Fannie and Freddie While internal housekeeping issues at Fannie and Freddie remain, one hopes that regulatory measures will not be imposed which will hamper their ability to responsibly and flexibly meet the needs of the market. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Alan Greenspan on the Financial Collapse Love him or hate him, Greenspan opens up on the past two years. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010 |
Why We Don't Need Any More Bank Charters Unless bank organizers can make a compelling case that consumers and business owners aren't being served by existing banks, regulators should continue to clamp down on new charters. |
Bank Systems & Technology
July 23, 2008
Orla O'Sullivan |
Fannie, Freddie Troubles May Have Been Avoided If Technology Was Used Properly As observers watch cash-strapped Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being propped up by the government, many wonder how technology failed to save the agencies and the lenders supplying mortgages to them from being left holding the bag on so many bad loans. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2009
Bleeker & Williamson |
Who's More to Blame: The SEC or Fannie and Freddie? March Madness series: Which government-ish entity do you choose? The SEC has more than enough complicity in this mess, but Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were set up to fail from the start. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010 |
Mandatory Education To prevent future stress in the housing market at the levels we see now, financial education should be required of anyone who receives a mortgage. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Should You Pay Down Your Mortgage? Many people are doing it, but is it the smartest move? |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Extreme Bank Makeover, Continued Bank of America asks itself, "Does this mortgage lending business make my assets look too big?" |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Defaulting Homeowners Finally Pay the Price Don't expect another crack at the American Dream. Last week, Fannie Mae decided that it had had enough of the "strategic default" phenomenon. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2010
Morgan Housel |
5 Questions for Bankers A gaggle of Wall Street bankers will be hauled before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission later this week. The topic: their role in blowing up the economy. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Why the Housing Problem Isn't Going Away Low mortgage rates should be fixing everything. So why aren't they? |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Obama's First Task: Rebuilding Our Housing What first steps might the president-elect take to treat our housing malaise? |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Rate Cut Means Refi Madness Mortgages are almost at record low rates. Does this mean we will return to the days of easy money? |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2009
Peter Coy |
Foreclosure: Now an Upscale Blight Rising job losses and falling home prices are dragging down people who never dreamed they would get in trouble. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Too Big to Fail -- or File Mortgage guaranty giant Fannie Mae avoids delisting despite failing to file financials. Investors, take note. |
Financial Advisor
March 2006
Marla Brill |
Mortgage Bonds Offer Mixed Bag A cooling housing market, rising interest rates and regulatory scrutiny have bond fund managers and fixed-income strategists keeping a watchful eye on the direction of the $5.8 trillion mortgage-backed securities market. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Fannie Awaits the Wrecking Ball Mortgage guaranty company Fannie Mae is set for demolition after the Fed's recent moves. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Cut Off ARMs to Spite Your Face Mortgage products aren't the problem. Borrowers are. Used correctly, option ARMs provide flexibility that can be extremely helpful to borrowers whose cash flow isn't steady and predictable. |
Reason
January 2009
Michael Flynn |
Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2008
Morgan Housel |
How Did Freddie and Fannie Fall? In a word: ignorance. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Mortgage-Mess Criminals Finally Going to Jail In the wake of the devastating financial and housing crisis, many Americans have been outraged that more of the folks responsible haven't gone to jail. That may well be changing. |
BusinessWeek
October 11, 2004
Joseph Weber |
Why Low-Income Lending Won't Take A Hit If Fannie Mae pulled back, private lenders would step in. Banks and other lenders have already increased their lending to low-income buyers -- and have found that the business they once avoided is lucrative. |
The Motley Fool
September 18, 2009
Mike Pienciak |
Get Out While You Can The housing market is still a looming threat, and all those who have piled into shares of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other speculative names, on the expectation that housing and consumer spending won't see another dip, should think twice. |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2011
Woellert & Shenn |
Who Steps Up in Mortgages After Fannie, Freddie? The Administration is counting on the private sector to fill the gap in home lending if it trims the roles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
The Motley Fool
July 11, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Freddie and Fannie Free-Fall There may be no choice but to bail out the behemoth mortgage lenders. |
BusinessWeek
February 3, 2011
Lorraine Woellert |
The Real Estate Lobby Is Ready to Rumble Financiers, homebuilders, and real estate agents are uniting to save mortgage subsidies |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Kathleen M. Howley |
Delays in Short Sales Frustrate Home Buyers Short sales could accelerate the resolution of the housing crisis -- if the process is streamlined by the big federal mortgage lenders |
