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1 Oct 2008, 8:13 pm
Friends, The richest 400 Americans -- that's right, just four hundred people -- own MORE than the bottom 150 million Americans combined. 400 rich Americans have got more stashed away than half the entire country! [read post]
1 Oct 2008, 8:08 pm
Thus far, the decline in real estate prices has been linked to everything from the Wall Street crash and tightening credit markets to lax lending practices by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the resulting low interest rates that contributed... [read post]
1 Oct 2008, 6:55 pm
Lobbying is a method to avoid regulatory scrutiny, and Fannie and Freddie's lobbying machine was very successful at that. [read post]
1 Oct 2008, 6:43 pm
Matt Yglesias catches George Will blaming LBJ (for privatizing Fannie and Freddie in 1968(!!)) [read post]
1 Oct 2008, 6:38 pm
We've already established with AIG and Fannie and Freddie that the price-tag for a bailout is shareholder dilution. [read post]
1 Oct 2008, 2:35 pm
Also yesterday, Moody’s downgraded Sovereign’s credit ratings because according to the WSJ, the bank is exposed to “a number of problematic asset portfolios” including exposure to Fannie and Freddie. [read post]
1 Oct 2008, 12:27 pm
Fundamentally, the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is a crisis of government, not of capitalism. [read post]
1 Oct 2008, 4:45 am
During the past three weeks, the government has assumed control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 10:35 pm
Republicans wanted to reform Fannie and Freddie. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 10:25 pm
Last week I linked to a 2005 AEI article about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 5:44 pm
Such was in sharp contrast to the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailout, which were deliberated by and authorized by Congress well in advance of the actual need. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 4:08 pm
It's pure speculation, but I think AIG is more likely to get Enronized than Lehman, and I suspect that Congress, quite hypocritically, will be baying for a little blood from Fannie and Freddie. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 3:31 pm
Other provisions of the life saver include, (1) FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan limits will be capped at $625,000 - more than a 50 percent increase over the previous conforming loan limit; (2) $4 billion dollars in grant money will be available to communities to purchase distressed properties and rehabilitate them for resale; (3) the government can infuse capital or buy into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; (4) First-time homebuyers will receive a refundable tax credit, almost an… [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 3:05 pm
This gave banks and mortgage companies another outlet, in addition to Fannie and Freddie, to sell the loans which means they could write even more. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 2:34 pm
Nonetheless, here's some of the latest on the criminal side: The FBI has announced it is investigating Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and Lehman for fraud. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 1:22 pm
Time and time again, Frank insisted that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were in good shape. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 12:47 pm
Oh, then there is that failed oversight of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, but we won't talk about that.REally, the blame has to fall on those commercial entities who seemed to think it was a good idea to lend money to people with bad or no credit and no ability to pay the mortgage back. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 7:03 am
There is no end of videos of leading Democrats praising Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's stability, of their performance, defending the leaders (most notably Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson), and thoroughly denouncing and scuttling numerous attempts to head off the problems that have started to come to a head in the past month or so. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 3:36 am
The very last report outlines legislation over the years, a very interesting read.On Housing Finance, the Difference between Democrats and Republicans Has Been Night and DayThe Truth about the Community Reinvestment Act*** The Truth versus the Republicans on the Regulation of Subprime Mortgages and Fannie Mae and Freddie MaceAdvocateSex Offender Issues, Research and the Truth from eAdvocate [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 1:11 am
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Merrill, Lehman, Wachovia, Wamu, and even some European banks have fallen… and those are just the national/ global banks…. and like the Bush Administration’s response to hurricane Katrina, the US administration’s efforts to deal with the situation has been late, lacking, and will lead to a lot of misery that could have been avoided had a proper response been taken from Day 1 (2 years ago). so now…I am… [read post]
