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Government Mortgages

In recent years, even as the housing market has made significant strides to get out of the doldrums experienced immediately …

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Unraveling the Freddie-Fannie Tangle

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, American taxpayers poured $187.5 billion into two huge but poorly understood companies: Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae…

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Government Home Foreclosures

The holiday season is stressful enough for millions of consumers across the country who are struggling with their finances, so …

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Hurricane Sandy Relief

Hurricane Sandy rocked much of the east coast but disproportionately affected the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. …

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Freddie Mac announced Thursday morning that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages hit a new record low of 3.4 percent this week, dropping …

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In the past, a major problem in the mortgage market was that when consumers defaulted on their home loans backed …

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Government to Bargain House Hunters: Go Away.

The government is getting lots of offers lately for its huge stockpile of foreclosed homes. But most of those would-be …

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Federal Fannie and Freddie Changes Likely Won

Bills to end federal control in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, …

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Federal Agencies Push for More Mortgage Modifications

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the federal regulators that control them recently released new guidelines for the nation’s 14 largest …

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American taxpayers already have spent more than $160 million to defend lawsuits against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two …

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