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Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) Stocks Climbs

Fannie Mae (FMN) and Freddie Mac (FRE) stock rose sharply on Monday. The volatility has left analysts stumped. Usually penny stocks react to market news, which theoretically augments the future value of the company represented in the current price of the stock. No recent news...

Obama Considering Splitting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

According to the Washington Post, President Obama is considering splitting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and putting their assests in a federally backed corporation. The government launched a new set of ideas this week to overhaul the companies, which are the two largest...

AG: Examine Why Few Law Firms Handle Bank Foreclosure Listings

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has opened an investigation on law firms handling properties on bank foreclosure listings. The attorney general asked Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Lender Processing Services Inc. to provide information on why only a number of law...

Fannie Mae Lost $23.2 Billion Due to Foreclosure Homes

Fannie Mae lost $23.2 billion due to large numbers of foreclosure homes that it had guaranteed. It has asked for billions more in funding from the U.S. Treasury. " Fannie Mae, one of the two government-controlled...

Freddie Mac Chief David Kellermann Found Dead in his Premises

Official sources break the shocking news about the death of David Kellermann, Chief CFO of mortgage giant Freddie Mac in his Fairfax home. " Police sources have confirmed the news of the death of acting CFO, David...

Thanks to ACORN, It's A Different World

Written by Phil Gremillion, a man described as "a businessman, farmer, inventor and Cajun who lives in Lafayette (La.)," a commentary published today in The Daily Advertiser of Lafayette, La., follows perfectly on...

Grayson-Himes Pay for Performance Act of 2009 Sparks Controversy

Florida Representative Alan Grayson (Democrat) has proposed a piece of legislation that would limit the bonuses and pay for executives of bailout funded banks and financial institutions.  Bill HR 1664, or...

Freddie Mac Cuts Down Government Foreclosures

Freddie Mac has suspended government foreclosures for mortgage loans qualified for any of the housing schemes offered under Obama’s program, the HOPE NOW program and other federal loan modification programs. " Freddie Mac showed its commitment to help ensure the success of...

Short, Naked, Crooked, & in Charge

"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of...

US Pledges $50 Billion to Fight Foreclosures, But Is It Enough?

The United States pledged $50 billion to fight off foreclosures in the face of "the worst economic crisis in generations" (Geithner) but it may not be enough.  As the economy falls and more jobs are lost fear...

Fannie and Freddie: Control Evictions Due to Foreclosures

When Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been nationalized in September, they have been transformed into housing-aid agencies. They have already frozen a lot of foreclosures last year and this year, they are pioneering programs that would let borrowers rent their own properties...

Atlanta Homeowners Get Help on Foreclosures

There is no doubt that the crisis in foreclosures is worsening. Recent surveys have all been proofs of the rising number of foreclosure properties in the country. With this situation in mind, some states did what...

Can The New Federal Lending Plan Stop Foreclosures?

In a new announcement that left the mortgage market dumbfounded, the Federal Reserve and the National Treasury announced that it will release another $800 billion in funds to new lending programs to get the credit market running once more and to force mortgage rates down in a...

Debate on Government’s Foreclosure Plan Rages On

Washington is still unsettled as to how to handle the foreclosure crisis."Last November 11, the administration publicized the government’s $ 700 billion plan to refinance delinquent loans controlled by mortgage companies, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The already passed...

FDIC Proposes to Spend $24 Billion Federal Funds to Address Foreclosures

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) is planning to use an estimated $24 billion in federal funds to help nearly 1.5 million homeowners in the United States avoid foreclosure."The program includes providing guarantees to 2.2 million loans that have been modified,...

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