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Fast Company July 2004 Carleen Hawn	CEO See-Ya! What kind of CEO can't manage a mortgage business in an era of low rates and a hot real-estate market? A government-sponsored one, apparently.
Reason January 2005 Julian Sanchez	Fannie Business An investigation by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight found that Fannie Mae systematically misapplied generally accepted accounting practices and manipulated earnings reports to maintain an aura of stability.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2004	Seeing Nothin' But Fannie Fannie Mae's earnings doubled amid a housing boom. Surprised? Don't be.
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.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2004 Bill Mann	What Does Fannie Mae Do? Fannie Mae's charter calls on it to ensure that the mortgage market is awash in enough cash so that Americans face minimal problems in their dream of owning a home. But how? And why are its accounting problems such a big deal?
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Freddie and Fannie Free-Fall There may be no choice but to bail out the behemoth mortgage lenders.
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 January 31, 2006 Rich Duprey	Too Big to Fail -- or File Mortgage guaranty giant Fannie Mae avoids delisting despite failing to file financials. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Defaulting Homeowners Finally Pay the Price Don't expect another crack at the American Dream. Last week, Fannie Mae decided that it had had enough of the "strategic default" phenomenon.
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 February 29, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	A Wild Week for Fannie and Freddie Analyst downgrades. Worse-than-expected earnings. The lifting of federal loan limits. Put it all together, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have experienced one of the most tumultuous weeks in their history.
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.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2010 Dan Caplinger	This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over.
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 30, 2010 Esterhuizen & Sellitti	Challenging the Bulls: Is the Housing Market Still a Threat to the Stock Market? These are the stocks that are expected to show the first signs of a housing market recovery -- if they continue to lag the market, it may be a signal of more trouble in 2011.
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.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2005 Bill Mann	Cherry-Picking Fannie Fannie Mae is now accused of keeping its most promising loans and selling the rest. That's a shock. But is it a problem for mortgage-backed securities investors?
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.
National Real Estate Investor June 2, 2004 Parke Chapman	APF Closes $170M DUS Loan for Manhattan Residential Towers This American Property Financing transaction represents the largest single-project Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) loan transaction in Fannie Mae's history.
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 May 15, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Freddie Gets a Boost Freddie Mac's stock soars on news of capital raising.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2007 Seth Jayson	Fannie Flunks Again A suspicious looking accounting change may cause everyone to pay for Fannie Mae's bad behavior, if it leads to a green light for the housing bailout plan proposed by Fed Chair Ben Bernanke.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2007 Seth Jayson	Down Isn't Up. Really. Seems like every week, the National Association of Realtors finds a reason to pump residential homebuying by looking at numbers and spinning them to appear that things are getting better. They're not.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Bailout, House Prices, and You Housing likely won't be helped much by the Fannie and Freddie action.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007 David Lee Smith	My Mortgage, My Government The current mortgage malaise is not solely the work of the free-market system. Blame government, as well.
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 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 December 29, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	The Daily Walk of Shame: Fannie and Freddie Why in the world are people still buying these stocks?
BusinessWeek January 13, 2011 Kathleen M. Howley	A Housing Rebound Won't Lift the Economy With the foreclosure mess still to be played out, any recovery in housing sales is unlikely to boost growth much.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2008 Dan Caplinger	The Last Straw for Suffering Homeowners A spike in mortgage rates threatens any chance of a housing recovery.
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.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	12 Steps to Solving Our Biggest Housing Problem Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are a blight on the housing market, but I think there may be a solution.
The Motley Fool September 10, 2008 Mann et al.	The People Responsible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac As Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now so painfully proved, trying to serve the master of public policy while generating returns for investors will lead to disaster.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2008 Rich Duprey	This Homebuilder Is Actually Growing Check out the No. 2 builder in Brazil.
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.
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
U.S. Banker September 2008 Michael Sisk	Managing The Troublesome Twins One highly touted feature of the housing legislation signed into law in July is the creation of a tougher regulator to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
U.S. Banker June 2008 Joseph Rosta	The Two-Step: As Reform Ebbs, Congress Doles Out More Rope Government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are being given new powers by Congress in an effort to reinvigorate the jumbo-loan market.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2008 Ollen Douglass	Is a Sagging Fannie Attractive? Even with the recent upticks, shares of the ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are both down over 80% from their 52-week highs. Is now the time to invest?
The Motley Fool October 4, 2005 Rich Duprey	Fannie's House of Cards What is the real value of the home appraisals residing in Fannie Mae's portfolio? When the markets finally get wise and decide to put their money someplace besides these institutions' products, the torrent of cheap mortgage money will slow to a trickle of very expensive mortgage money.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2007 David Lee Smith	You Can't Find a Bottom in the Dark Thornburg Mortgage's gloomy results were joined by all manner of housing and mortgage doom. Investors, you'll know it's time to start stroking those bottoms when they slap you in the face.
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.
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Dean Foust	The Mortgage Biz Has Lost Its Fizz Goodbye, refi boom. Hello, sinking profits and industry consolidation. The roots of the industry's problems are no mystery. Mortgage activity has fallen off sharply since the Fed began hiking rates last spring.
HBS Working Knowledge November 12, 2014 Retsinas & Couch	A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform It is time for Congress to recommit itself to drafting legislation that will transform housing finance for the twenty-first century.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Seth Jayson	Charting the Housing Spin In its latest press release, the National Association of Realtors makes the argument that homes are better investments than stocks.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 David Lee Smith	Homebuilders Up 25% in One Day? Crazy? Absolutely. And housing's flood of bad news since then has already washed away the results. Investors, take note.
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.
Bank Systems & Technology February 3, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	J.P. Morgan Chosen as Custodian in Fed's MBS Program The goal of the program is to provide support to mortgage and housing markets and to foster improved conditions in financial markets more generally.