Fannie-Freddie Fix at $160 Billion With $1 Trillion Worst Case
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011The cost of fixing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage companies that last year bought or guaranteed three-quarters of all U.S. home loans, will be at least $160 billion and could grow to as much as $1 trillion after the biggest bailout in American history.
Fannie, Freddie To Delist Stock From U.S. Exchanges
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said they intend to delist their stock from the New York Stock Exchange as the U.S. government-backed mortgage companies continue to struggle amid billions in losses.
Reverse Mortgage: Late on taxes? Face foreclosure
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011The Federal Housing Administration, also known as the FHA, may be toughening up their stance on seniors with a reverse mortgage who fail to pay their local property tax or hazard insurance premiums.
FHFA Subpoenas Firms That Sold Debt to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011The Federal Housing Finance Agency subpoenaed firms that sold mortgage-backed securities to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the regulator aims to determine whether issuers can be held liable for losses on the debt.
Mortgage-Bond Yield Spreads Approach Lowest Level on Record
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011Fannie Mae’s current-coupon 30-year fixed-rate mortgage bonds narrowed 0.03 percentage point to about 0.65 percentage point more than 10-year Treasuries as of 4:45 p.m. in New York, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The gap reached 0.59 percentage point on March 29, two days before the Federal Reserve ended its buying of $1.25 trillion of [...]
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