Don't end the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac without eliminating the implicit government backing for their mortgages. Contributor: A Trump deregulator may set us up for a sequel to ...

Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac risks a return to the kind of perilous mortgages that helped cause the global financial crisis unless regulatory safeguards are kept in place, an affordable ...

The movie The Big Short—dramatizing the reckless behavior in the banking and mortgage industries that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis—captures much of Wall Street's misconduct but ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should participate in the mortgage market only as fully private entities, without any implicit government guarantees. The American public doesn't need a sequel to The ...

However, if the lending institutions did not comply with minimum goals, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would have to refuse to back the mortgages (this is called moral suasion).

Trump revives push to privatize Fannie, Freddie. Billionaire outed as unhappy buyer of $80M penthouse, Elliman loses a longtime exec, Chicago brokerages clash over Clear Cooperation and more ...

Ever since their near collapse during the 2008 financial crisis, the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have performed impressively under the conservatorship of the US government.

Trump’s insistence that he would keep the government’s “implicit guarantee” of Fannie and Freddie could also inhibit efforts to change the CBO’s stance.

Without genuine reform, the incentives and practices that led to the crisis remain unchanged, setting the stage for a repeat disaster. Pulte's proposal isn't likely to unleash free-market policies.

Washington Watch Here’s how Trump could turn Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into cash cows delivering billions to taxpayers The move could come at the expense of existing shareholders ...

The movie “The Big Short” — dramatizing the reckless behavior in the banking and mortgage industries that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis — captures much of Wall Street's ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should participate in the mortgage market only as fully private entities, without any implicit government guarantees. The American public doesn't need a sequel to The ...