Fannie Mae (76, FNM) and Freddie Mac (61, FRE) are affordable at 15 times earnings.
Freddie Mac (nyse: FRE - news - people ), with promises to back the loans.
Freddie Mac ( FRE - news - people ), the government-backed giant that owns and guarantees mortgages.
Freddie Mac (nyse: FRE - news - people ) conforming limits--the plan does not apply to so-called "jumbo" mortgages.
Freddie Mac (nyse: FRE - news - people ) hasn't done much to dissuade the markets that another big bank could come down.
How does the US government stop subsidizing perennial problem children Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) but continue to support access to affordable home loans?
Quasi-private mortgage financier Freddie Mac (nyse: FRE - news - people ) announced a hefty second-quarter loss Wednesday, stretching beyond even Wall Street's pessimistic expectations.
But the bank is potentially under reserved in the event Fannie Mae ( NYSE:FNM), Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE), and the Federal Home Loan Banks prevail in forcing significant mortgage loan repurchases.
Freddie Mac ( FRE - news - people ), one of the largest providers of funding for U.S. housing, is set to break ground on its first bond backed by commercial mortgages, according to Thomson Reuters.
Freddie Mac (nyse: FRE - news - people ) under President Bill Clinton as the precursor to today's housing troubles, but a more realistic account shows that politically correct thinking with regard to housing infected both major political parties.
The Federal Reserve, which is emerging with unprecedented power as the government moves to provide Fannie (nyse: FNM - news - people ) and Freddie (nyse: FRE - news - people ) with a financial lifeline.
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With share prices of Fannie (nyse: FNM - news - people ) and Freddie (nyse: FRE - news - people ) plummeting daily, are the government-sponsored entities really in a position to help rescue people whose homes are headed for foreclosure?
That would put the firm among the top 10 biggest spenders on lobbying in 2007--among the ranks of General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ), Freddie Mac (nyse: FRE - news - people ) and Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people )--according to CRP's most recent lobbying analysis.
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