Tag: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said that tax and entitlement reforms were likely off the table this year. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

Beltway Confidential

Corker says immigration, tax and entitlement reform dead for the year in Senate

Sean Higgins · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Fannie earns $6.5B in 4Q; repaying US bailout

Fannie earns $6.5B in 4Q; repaying US bailout

Marcy Gordon · February 21, 2014 2:08 pm

Court approves Lehman settlement with Freddie Mac

Court approves Lehman settlement with Freddie Mac

The Associated Press · February 19, 2014 7:00 pm

Mitch McConnell’s Tea Party challenger signed financial report praising 2008 bailout

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Mitch McConnell’s Tea Party challenger signed financial report praising 2008 bailout

Joel Gehrke · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

âThe housing recovery is being impeded by the fact that the system as a whole is in limbo because theyâre in limbo,â said Gerald Howard, CEO of the National Association of Home Builders. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Fannie, Freddie hit a crossroads

Joseph Lawler · January 31, 2014 5:00 am

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Efforts to spur home ownership hurt Hispanics most

Michael Barone · January 29, 2014 5:00 am

Fannie would get about $537M in deal with Lehman

Fannie would get about $537M in deal with Lehman

Washington Examiner · January 23, 2014 11:52 pm

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Housing activists fear Obama will choke mortgages, add $1,400 in fees

Paul Bedard · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

The U.S. Treasury posted a surplus in December, thanks partly to payments from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Treasury takes in $53 billion in December

Joseph Lawler · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

In May, FHFA Director Mel Watt signaled that he would reverse course from his predecessor, Edward DeMarco, and steer the agency away from shrinking Fannie and Freddie's market footprint and toward expanding mortgage credit to more families. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mel Watt: The man who will regulate your mortgage

Joseph Lawler · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Mel Watt, who had served as the Congressman from North Carolina's 12th District since 1993, was sworn in as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency on Monday afternoon. (AP File)

Former congressman Mel Watt sworn in as Fannie and Freddie regulator

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Mel Watt, D-NC., waves during the announcement of his nomination to head the Federal Housing Finance Authority, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on May 1. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate confirms Mel Watt to head federal housing agency

Sean Lengell · December 10, 2013 5:00 am