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Bill Ackman to unveil plan for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this week
16 Nov 2025 12:45 GMT
… conservatorship since the 2008 financial crisis.
Ackman said in a … shareholder value.
What are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
Fannie Mae offices in Reston, Virginia … keeping mortgage credit flowing and rates relatively stable nationwide.
Fannie Mae was created …
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Ackman says taxpayers could reap $300B under his plan for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
18 Nov 2025 19:26 GMT
… meet its goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two giant mortgage … the 2008 financial crisis.
Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home … make new loans, keeping mortgage credit flowing and rates relatively stable …
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac likely to hit lending caps in 2025: multifamily leaders
17 Nov 2025 23:27 GMT
… agencies, according to Karaffa. When credit dries up from private sources … as during the global financial crisis of 2007-2009, the agencies … aggressive lending stance. Neither Fannie Mae nor Freddie Mac responded to requests for comment …
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‘Housing Discrimination Harms Health and Steals Wealth’: CounterSpin interview with Gene Slater, Richard Rothstein and George Lipsitz on housing and media
22 Nov 2025 13:05 GMT
… , after the financial crisis, in part encouraged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, who financed … the things that affects your credit score is the kind of … ’re considered to be a credit risk, but there was nothing …
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Housing Policy at a Crossroads as Fannie and Freddie Revisit Credit Rules
12 Nov 2025 12:54 GMT
… Freddie Mac. The agencies are being given more freedom to consider different credit … Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, initiated a heated debate … reasoning blaming them for the crisis. We created countercyclical institutions, …
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Trump’s solution to the housing crisis is a lifetime of debt
11 Nov 2025 13:28 GMT
There is a housing crisis in the United States … payment.
HousingWire, using the Fannie Mae mortgage calculator, found that … home equity line of credit.
The influencer guiding Trump … mortgage market and oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Pulte, however, has …
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Fannie Mae's earnings rise, equity nears $106B
29 Oct 2025 19:07 GMT
Fannie Mae's latest results … to changes in provision for credit losses, Chief Financial Officer … to the crisis that drove Fannie and another GSE, Freddie Mac, into … conservatorship.
Guarantee fee, mortgage rate, credit and efficiency …
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FICO vs. VantageScore: Battle Over Credit Scoring Dominance
03 Nov 2025 22:31 GMT
… loans, mortgages, and credit cards: the credit score. For decades … This tension escalated when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored … .
Escalating Tensions in Credit Scoring Models
This potential … since the 2008 financial crisis, according to an …
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Tidalwave raises $22 million Series A to improve the mortgage process with AI
21 Nov 2025 13:40 GMT
… didn’t even understand credit reports or credit history. It was … is directly integrated with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, automates the evaluation … complexities of the housing crisis that AI cannot fix, … New York City-based credit card designed for homeowners, …
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The inside story of Fairfax Financial's even bigger 'Big Short'
21 Nov 2025 11:41 GMT
… bubble-bath-explainer scene on credit default swaps (CDS) … buy some protection on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We bought big … Crisis in September 2008. When Fairfax was investing against Fannie Mae, … with these hedges and credit default swaps,” he told …