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The Motley Fool November 28, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Last Call for Smart Homeowners The Fed's recent move has triggered a sharp downtick in mortgage rates. If you want to refinance, it may be now or never.
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Joseph Weber	Why Low-Income Lending Won't Take A Hit If Fannie Mae pulled back, private lenders would step in. Banks and other lenders have already increased their lending to low-income buyers -- and have found that the business they once avoided is lucrative.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Rich Duprey	Fannie Awaits the Wrecking Ball Mortgage guaranty company Fannie Mae is set for demolition after the Fed's recent moves.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Paulson's New Plan: A Cheap Mortgage for Every Home A new rescue plan for the economy would use nationalized mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lower the 30-year fixed mortgage rate down as far as 4.5%, over a full point lower than the current level.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Morgan Housel	Fannie and Freddie Are Dead. What's Next? Housing, sans Uncle Sam.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Amid Losses, Fannie Mae Takes on More Risk A deteriorating balance sheet, combined with dramatically increased risk exposure, could spell disaster for Fannie Mae.
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The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage.
BusinessWeek April 14, 2011 Kathleen M. Howley	Delays in Short Sales Frustrate Home Buyers Short sales could accelerate the resolution of the housing crisis -- if the process is streamlined by the big federal mortgage lenders
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Rich Duprey	The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks The vortex of price declines sucking down values could spiral out of the investment bankers' control, leading to their own subprime devaluation. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Nick Baker	Fannie and Freddie Face New Rules The mortgage giants may get a tougher regulator, but Bush and Greenspan want more. Investors, take note.
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Parke Chapman	Reforming Fannie and Freddie Given the accounting scandals at both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it's no great shock that the two companies are bracing for increased regulatory oversight. The question for players in the multi-family real estate industry is whether the reforms will cramp their style.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2005 Bill Mann	Fannie's Sweater Has a Loose Thread Guess what? The regulator's back at the door, and he's got more questions for Fannie Mae.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Stop Picking at the Housing Carcass The latest attack on banks sounds reasonable but makes no sense.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2005 Rich Duprey	Feds Find Fraud at Fannie? Investigators find new, "pervasive" evidence of accounting violations at mortgage guarantor Fannie Mae. The stock plunged nearly 11% to a low of $41.71, a level not seen since 1997.
Bank Systems & Technology May 6, 2009 Katherine Burger	Fiserv Will Provide Fannie Mae with Real-time Data Transmission from Its Loan Servicing Platform Fannie Mae has engaged Fiserv in a technology partnership intended to help the agency gain more real-time information about its mortgage portfolio.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Dan Caplinger	A Jumbo Opportunity Interest rates on jumbo mortgages rose nearly half a percentage point in August, even as regular mortgage rates were mostly coming down. Is it time to raise the jumbo loan amount minimum?
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Philip Durell	The Worst Stocks for 2010: Fannie Mae Shareholders should cry Uncle.
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The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Bill Mann	Fannie Mae's Institutional Arrogance Pity that Fannie's management decided to test the limits of an implied Federal guarantee. Even if the government did step in and back Fannie and Freddie paper, there's not a chance that it'd back the equity.
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Woellert & Miller	Time to Rethink Fannie and Freddie The debate has begun on how to reform the mortgage giants.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2011 Selena Maranjian	Good Credit Won't Save You Now The "adverse market" surcharge could cost mortgage borrowers thousands annually.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Morgan Housel	Are Homeowners About to Hit the Lottery? Rumors are that the Obama administration is about to order lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more than what their homes are worth
The Motley Fool November 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	Housing Policy That Makes a Tiny Bit of Sense Rent your home from the government. News that Fannie Mae is starting a program to lease homes back to homeowners on the brink of foreclosure makes some sense.
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Clea Benson	Fannie and Freddie's Big Foreclosure Backlog They have more homes than they can sell -- and as the backlog builds, the housing market could suffer
The Motley Fool February 28, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market.
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HBS Working Knowledge February 24, 2011 Sean Silverthorne	What's Government's Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing? The private market should be the main supplier of mortgage credit, but it should be carefully monitored using new approaches to regulating mortgage securitization. The government should play a role of "guarantor of last resort" in periods of crisis.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2008 Morgan Housel	How Did Freddie and Fannie Fall? In a word: ignorance.
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn	Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2011 Morgan Housel	Life After Fannie and Freddie: Canada Edition A modest proposal, modeled after our neighbors to the north.
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The Motley Fool August 11, 2008 Morgan Housel	Fannie Mae's Return Policy Fannie Mae is going to start honing in on mortgages it bought that disintegrated, retracing the steps to look for any fraudulent lending practices by the lender who originated the loan, and -- if there was an issue -- going back to retrieve some of the loss.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2010 Morgan Housel	Housing: 24 Hours From the Next Leg Down? In 24 hours, the Federal Reserve will stop buying mortgage-backed securities. When it does, there's a good chance the economy will shift in big ways.
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The Motley Fool February 20, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Housing Market Stimulants Bush administration remedies for the ailing housing market may provide much-needed inducements for the market to heal itself.
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