Wednesday 11:02 am Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), which together have taken more than $110B in capital infusions from the Treasury, stepped up their lending for apartment buildings as the commercial real-estate market peaked, and are now facing rapidly rising loan losses.
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Monday 16:23 pm Interest rates on new home loans likely have further to fall, as yields on mortgage securities from Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) tumble near six-month lows. While the Fed is slowing agency debt purchases, supply is declining faster, and bonds without government guarantees are underperforming those in the Fed's program.
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Living4Dividends: Interest rates on new home loans likely have further to fall, as yields on mortgage securities from FNM and FRE tumble near six-month lows.
1 day ago
Thomas Pan: This year, all the GSEs, such as FNM and FRE, combined have funded 90% of the mortgages. How long could it last?
3 days ago
Nettligent: AIG, FNM, FRE are the best of the worst, ranking tops among the best of what many consider the most troubled stocks around these days.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
tunaman4u2: Have to be scared for inflation when 10.2% doesn't bring market down after 2% gain in SPY yesterday. QE in full force... FRE 19 bill loss