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The GSEs, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are exempt from this capital/asset ratio requirement and can, and often do, maintain a capital/asset ratio less than 3%. The additional leverage allows for greater returns in good times, but put the companies at greater risk in bad times, such as during the subprime mortgage crisis .
Fannie Mae does not sell mortgages directly to consumers, but it does offer different loan products (obtained through approved lenders) and also provides counseling networks, educational services ...
Ginnie Mae is similar to Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) with the difference being that Ginnie Mae is a wholly owned government corporation whereas Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are "government-sponsored enterprises" (GSEs), which are federally chartered corporations ...
If you do a cash-out refinance for $250,000, your equity drops to $150,000 because you've borrowed an additional $50,000 against the value of your home. ... 97% Loan to Value Options, Fannie Mae ...
On September 7, 2008, the U.S. government took control of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Daniel Mudd (CEO of Fannie Mae) and Richard Syron (CEO of Freddie Mac) were replaced. Herbert M. Allison, former vice chairman of Merrill Lynch, took over Fannie Mae, and David M. Moffett, former vice chairman of US Bancorp, took over Freddie Mac. [79]
Investors are ramping up bets that Trump 2.0 will loosen the federal government’s grip over mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, ending one of the oldest fights on Wall Street.
Even though U.S. taxpayers now own most of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), the fact that shares of the mortgage giants still traded on the New York Stock Exchange always provided a faint ...
For example, in 2008 Economist Paul Krugman erroneously claimed that Fannie and Freddie "didn't do any subprime lending, because they can't; the definition of a subprime loan is precisely a loan that doesn't meet the requirement, imposed by law, that Fannie and Freddie buy only mortgages issued to borrowers who made substantial down payments ...