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3 May 2010, 10:18 am by Steve Bainbridge
” A second group of critics say the government helped to seed the crisis through its efforts to increase home ownership, including the role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in buying mortgage loans to make more money available for lending. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 6:35 pm by James Hamilton
Covered employees are defined as both as employees of the company and non-employee directors of a major federal emergency economic assistance recipient.The Act defines major federal emergency economic assistance recipients as financial institutions of which the federal government acquired an equity interest of more than $5 million pursuant to a program authorized by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as well as the Federal National Mortgage… [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 12:41 pm by gstasiewicz
” According to Judicial Watch’s motion filed on March 5, 2009, Fannie and Freddie are no longer private enterprises, and therefore their records are subject to FOIA law: “At issue in this Freedom of Information Act (‘FOIA’) lawsuit is whether FHFA, the federal agency that has custody and control of the records of Federal National Mortgage Association (‘Fannie Mae’) and Federal Home Loan… [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 4:13 pm by James Hamilton
Covered employees are defined as both as employees of the company and non-employee directors of a major federal emergency economic assistance recipient.The Act defines major federal emergency economic assistance recipients as financial institutions of which the federal government acquired an equity interest of more than $5 million pursuant to a program authorized by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as well as the Federal National Mortgage… [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 5:09 am
Byrne focused his presentation on the new guidelines issues by the Federal Housing Administration ("FHA"), the Federal National Mortgage Agency ("Fannie Mae") and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac") in relation to loans made in condominiums. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 2:29 pm by Page Perry LLC
Private-label securities are based on mortgage loans that did not meet the lending standards of a government-sponsored entity, such as Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 4:50 pm by James Hamilton
Covered employees are defined as both as employees of the company and non-employee directors of a major federal emergency economic assistance recipient.The Act defines major Federal emergency economic assistance recipients as financial institutions of which the federal government acquired an equity interest of more than $5 million pursuant to a program authorized by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as well as the Federal National Mortgage… [read post]
31 Dec 2009, 6:21 pm by malik11397
Well, we can summarize four type of owners of mortgage notes: -the originator (the rarest of cases), -a securitized trust (known as a REMIC), -Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) -or Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation). [read post]
Homeowners with negative equity, a situation in which one’s mortgage exceeds the home value, are concentrated in a small number of states, with Nevada (48% of mortgages) and Michigan (39%) of most concern. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 1:41 pm by Hunton & Williams LLP
Certain taxpayers are ineligible to elect an extended carryback period including (1) any taxpayer in which the federal government has acquired an equity interest or any warrant or right to acquire an equity interest in the taxpayer under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the “EESA”); (2) a taxpayer that receives funds from the federal government after the enactment date of the Act in exchange for an equity interest or a right to acquire such equity… [read post]
22 Sep 2009, 6:23 am
6)   How did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s engagement in the mortgage-backed securities market and the treatment of their debt as government-guaranteed contribute to the crisis? [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 8:05 am by Santiago J. Padilla
In fact, in a study by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), it was found that both African Americans and Hispanics have statistically significantly lower credit scores that their White counterparts. [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 1:26 pm
In September 2008, the government takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was followed by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America and an $85 billion (and now $170 billion) government investment in American International Group. [read post]
21 Mar 2009, 3:01 pm by Jordan E. Bublick, Bankruptcy Attorney
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchase mortgage loans in the secondary market and set there own guidelines. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 1:39 am
The initial cases during 2007 were largely filed against subprime loan originators, banks, mortgages companies, home builders and residential real estate investment trusts. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 4:24 pm
Fannie's planned request, announced today, follows Freddie Mac, which said Jan. 23 that it will need as much as $35 billion more in federal aid. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 12:18 am by Sean Hayes
Finally, Fannie and Freddie Mac grew to hold over half of the U.S. mortgage market. [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 8:30 pm
On November 11, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson announced just such a plan for mortgages owned by federal housing agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 1:00 am
The federal government has had to nationalize financial giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which owned a combined $5.4 trillion in mortgage-backed securities. [30] In addition, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, better known as the $700 billion bailout bill, will more than likely exceed the $1 trillion dollar mark when the economic clean-up is all is said and done. [31] VI. [read post]
26 Oct 2008, 3:51 am by Sean Hayes
The Clinton administration, motivated by a debunked Boston Federal Reserve Bank study, extended the scope and impact of the Carter-era Community Reinvestment Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. [read post]