For the third day this week the stocks of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae took a hammerin' on Wall Street and for the second day major newspapers are speculating on their survival as independent companies. On Friday The New York Times and Barons both reported that the two government sponsored enterprises...
Shares of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were looking a little better in early trading on Tuesday after investors fled the two government sponsored entities (GSEs) the previous day over doubts that their underlying capital could make it more difficult for them to buy or guarantee mortgages. That, in turn...
Fannie Mae's Managing Director, Brian Faith, released a statement on Wednesday that gave notice that at least one of the two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that play a major role in the nation�s mortgage industry has decided it would be wise to protect its own interests. Government lawmakers...
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) which oversees operation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac late Tuesday announced a major initiative in cooperation with the two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to increase, by perhaps as much as $200 billion, the liquidity of the mortgage...
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight ( OFHEO ) announced Wednesday that it would be lifting the caps it had imposed several years ago to limit growth of Freddie Mac's and Fannie Mae's owned portfolios. The caps had been instituted after both of the huge government sponsored enterprises...
James B. Lockhart, III, Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight ( OFHEO ) took the New York State Attorney General to task Thursday for involving Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in his investigation of subprime lending. OFHEO is, of course, the Federal agency charged with regulating...
Several Executive Branch surrogates indicated late last week that the Administration was sort of willing to compromise about the role of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in solving the current credit crunch. But the announcements made and the methods proposed seem to this reporter to be little, late, and misdirected...
Congress and the Administration may be headed for a clash on yet another front - the size of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae's owned portfolios. On Monday Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) introduced legislation that would provide about $72.5 billion to refinance mortgages for borrowers whose loans have or are...
Several key players have rung in on the decision by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) to retain limits on the mortgage portfolios owned by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) had petitioned OFHEO, its regulator, last week asking to be allowed...
Investors in the two government sponsored enterprises ( GSEs ) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae got their hopes up early in the week based on speculations that federal regulators - specifically the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) - might allow the two mortgage giants to buy more home...