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Fannie, Freddie need to raise capital before privatization: FHFA’s Calabria
By Richard Leong
May 20, 2019, Reuters
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to build adequate capital as a critical step toward privatizing them, the head of their regulator said …
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Treasury Official Hired to Fix Fannie and Freddie Is Leaving
By Emily Flitter
May 16, 2019, The New York Times
When Craig S. Phillips, a veteran Wall Street mortgage trader, agreed to join the Treasury Department as a top aide …
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Fannie, Freddie need strong capital position to exit conservatorship: FHFA chief
By Hannah Lang
May 14, 2019, American Banker
In his first public policy discussion as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Mark Calabria stressed that a strong capital position …
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Fannie and Freddie unlikely to be privatized, says U.S. lawmaker
By Kiran Stacey and Robert Armstrong
May 13, 2019, Financial Times
Congress is likely to resist attempts by U.S. president Donald Trump’s administration to privatize the two companies that guarantee …
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Fannie and Freddie Back More Mortgages of Those Deeply in Debt
By Ben Eisen
May 13, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
The gatekeepers of the American mortgage market are increasingly backing loans to borrowers who have heavy debt loads, highlighting questions …
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How Fannie and Freddie Prop Up America’s Favorite Mortgage
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac back about half of new mortgages in the U.S. Now, talks are heating up about reshaping or shrinking the two companies, a move that could …
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Calabria’s ambitious FHFA agenda (it’s not just housing finance reform)
By Hannah Lang
April 25, 2019, American Banker
Less than two weeks on the job, Mark Calabria has set a bold agenda for himself as the new director of the …
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Trump-Appointed Official Promises Full Push to Overhaul Plumbing of Mortgage Market
By Andrew Ackerman and Ben Eisen
April 22, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
The newly installed overseer of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is planning a new push to overhaul …
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Trump Officials Stress Urgency In Fannie, Freddie Revamp
By Andrew Ackerman and Nick Timiraos
April 15, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
Senior Trump administration officials are discussing how to jump start an overhaul of mortgage finance, with the …
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We Don’t Need Fannie or Freddie for a Fixed Mortgage Rate: Expert
President Trump released a memorandum last week on finance reform. Peter Wallison, AEI fellow, joins ‘The Exchange’ to discuss how the memorandum could cause a U.S. housing crisis. …
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