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Mr Paulson was still right to intervene: the collapse of Fannie and Freddie would have been a catastrophe.

The reasons are complex, but boil down to Fannie and Freddie trying to protect their profits by imposing onerous fees and conditions.

And investors are trying to get a handle on the troubles facing housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

But how much do you know or care about where politicians stand on Fannie and Freddie?

Then the company took over the bank (a rescue along the lines of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac).

Freddie expects to seek up to another $35 billion in public funds when it announces results shortly that are expected to be disastrous.

When Fannie or Freddie bought a mortgage, it freed up the bank's limited capital, allowing it to make more loans.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two giant mortgage agencies that are also wards of the state, have continued to bleed.

Ireland had none of the American right's favorite villains: there was no Community Reinvestment Act, no Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

Investors have got quite a bit of protection against a housing bust because of the type of deals that Fannie and Freddie guaranteed.

"No one is going to get serious about Fannie and Freddie, and what will happen to them, until we solve the current crisis, " he said.

Finally, the only car left in the driveway was the long black Cadillac with Freddie at the wheel.

But uncertainty about the long-term prospects of Fannie and Freddie has been a brake on the revival of securitisation.

Freddie would tell me nothing about what he was writing, except that it was to be a Christmas play.

Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac require mortgage insurance when a borrower takes out a mortgage for more than 80% of a home's value.

In the 1980s Freddie Laker, the British airline executive, gave me a great piece of advice on setting up my own airline.

The collapse of Fannie and Freddie took with it the pretense that the government could do so at no risk to taxpayers, he said.

In fact, there has already been a test case for how the mortgage market would function without Fannie and Freddie.

I tried to be like Grace Kelly, but all her looks were too sad. So I try a little Freddie, I've gone identity mad!

President Bush is among those trying to calm the nerves of investors in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Long before they were formally taken over, the two mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, had an implicit government guarantee.

Mama put those branches in the little wagon, Freddie pulled it to the corner of the backyard. What a little helper!

But Mr Obama coolly reminded the audience that Mr McCain's campaign manager had long been a lobbyist for Freddie Mac.

I am skeptical of that because I know the extent to which the regulatory system is tied up in Fannie's and Freddie's political activities.

Even Republicans who dislike Fannie and Freddie talk of a careful transition and of not damaging the housing market.

Clearly, Fannie and Freddie did not originate sub-prime mortgages directly -- they are not equipped to do so.

Had Fannie and Freddie been hedge funds, this strategy would have been known as a "carry trade" .

Fannie and Freddie passed the crucial test of liquidity, which SAFE demands of any investment on its books.

If Fannie and Freddie are going to run up a tab and stick taxpayers with the bill, why should shareholders profit?

This would be a significant turn of events -- Fannie and Freddie lost more money than any other Fortune 500 company in 2009.

The rescue comes a week after a decision to rescue two enormous mortgage companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Freddie: I were to the fact running up the street to stop a fight.

I also met the local Methodist minister, Vic Nixon, and his wife, Freddie.

To calculate average mortgage rates, Freddie Mac collects rates from lenders across the country on Monday through Wednesday of each week.

As a result, even though just a small percentage of Fannie's and Freddie's mortgages are delinquent, the potential losses are huge.

During 2007 it bought government-agency debt, ie, that of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, rather than Treasuries.

If the Freddie and Fannie bailout were to fail, it could get a hell of a lot worse.

Subpoenas have been handed down in some cases, including Lehman and Fannie and Freddie.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, America's government-backed mortgage behemoths, will fill part of that hole.

If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remain in government hands, Bernanke said the government might create a company to offer mortgage insurance.

In a May 2007 speech in New York, he said Freddie had "basically no subprime exposure, " according to the suit.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may not have many friends these days, but they should be able to count on a certain loyalty in Beijing.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac combined own roughly 17 percent of the market, while commercial banks own around 20 percent, he said.

The next day investors queued up to buy Freddie's bonds.

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury publicly announces that he has AIDS . He dies the next day .

But back in 2008 the US government effectively nationalised Fannie and Freddie, under the fig leaf of a "conservatorship" scheme.

A week earlier, the government had seized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These companies help finance most American housing loans.

Flossie and Freddie played there more than did Nan and Bert, who were growing too old for games of that sort.

Fannie and Freddie also allow a wide swath of the American public to borrow money at the same interest rates and on the same terms.

Freddie has even been known to turn around on Daisy's back mid-trot when he fancies a change of scene.

Eventually, Freddie moved to Monaco, which has no income tax.

In order to be able to afford to offer mortgages, most small banks package their mortgages and sell them through Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

There were two pairs of twins, Bert and Nan, nearly nine years of age, and Flossie and Freddie, almost five.

He called for a five-year phase-out for Fannie and Freddie, predicting a "rocky" period of uncertainty.

None of this means it makes sense to get rid of Fannie and Freddie in one go. A gradual withdrawal is needed.

Before filming Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Freddie did not see the 1971 film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Fannie and Freddie have been fighting with the banks about poor-quality loans they originated and then passed on to the agencies.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the pillars that supported our mortgage system, had been forced into conservatorship.

That, after all, was the fate of investors who bought preference shares in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac earlier this year.

For years Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, America's mortgage giants, resisted the creation of a regulator that could close them down.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac say the programs could give counties top priority to be repaid if homeowners default on their mortgages.

Tell Freddie to drive the big car and ask Johnny if he will come with us, as a special favor to me.

Of course, when the housing crisis caused huge losses for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the federal government stepped in and bailed them out.

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued three former executives at Fannie Mae and three at Freddie Mac.

The Bush administration says Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are being placed in a government conservatorship with new executive leadership.

Fannie and Freddie shares, preferred stock, subordinated debt and senior debt are widely spread within the global financial system.

In a major test of the market sentiment towards the two companies, Freddie is due to sell $3bn in short-term debt today.

Instead they headed for an area where Fannie (and Freddie Mac, which came a little later) could not go: subprime lending.

Freddie, she loves you, you know.

Perhaps state-owned enterprises Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mae (FMCC) should be deployed to refinance credit-worthy underwater borrowers.

The rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac junked both the common shares and the preferred shares (which rank above them in a bankruptcy).

Now Fannie and Freddie will no longer generally require originators to make such representations and warranties.

Beyond that question, though, is a more important one: Do we need Fannie and Freddie at all?

Life without Fannie and Freddie is the rare goal shared by the Obama administration and House Republicans, although it will not happen soon.

Freddie, as might be expected, was attending the conference.

European stock markets opened sharply higher, buoyed by the weekend rescue of the US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are government-sponsored mortgage insurers that have benefited from the financial rescue package.

Yet Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac still face a conflict between serving a public interest and a private one.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are private, but they were created by Congress to encourage homeownership by buying mortgages from banks.

My mentor in those early days was the legendary aviation entrepreneur Sir Freddie Laker.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are entities created by Congress to finance and guarantee home loans in the United States.

This song is for the victims of the disastrous tsunami. This song was originally recorded by David Bowie and Freddie Mercury .

If Fannie and Freddie were to continue to operate with the government absorbing all their risk, they would keep a large share of the market.

Because of Treasury backing, the bulk of Fannie's and Freddie's debt (though not their preferred shares) will settle at par or close to it.

Mutual funds and other institutions have mostly abandoned Fannie Mae, as well as shares of its cousin Freddie Mac.

Worse still, Fannie and Freddie are not allowed to refinance their loans.

Like Fannie and Freddie it has become a huge force in the wholesale market by buying, packaging and reselling mortgages.

With Fannie and Freddie, they eventually passed the test. They may have to act more quickly and decisively next time.

Brother and Cousin Freddie get parts. Sister gets a part, too. She is going to be the princess .

Mr. Kellermann was also required to certify Freddie Mac's filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Nor is there much sign, even if Fannie and Freddie are wound down, of an appetite for taking away official backing entirely.

With the collapse of the private securitisation markets, Fannie and Freddie account for 70% of new mortgage issuance.

Several staffers shook their heads as they realized how far away the Fannie and Freddie rescue seemed.

This isolation from market discipline is the root cause of the recent reports of mismanagement occurring at Fannie and Freddie .

The uncertainty surrounding the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac CDS contacts highlights the need for improved settlement and trading procedures.

But odds also are that your Washington representatives were in the crowded ranks of Fannie and Freddie's boosters.

Miller had made ill-fated bets on ailing mortgage company Freddie Mac where he was the biggest shareholder.

My administration early on expressed concern about implicit government guarantees in the mortgage industry, in Fannie and Freddie.

But what about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the vast "government sponsored enterprises" that were instrumental in stoking the subprime boom?

But the report is sure to be a factor in the debate over the future of Fannie and Freddie, which have been run by the government since 2008.

Anything that hinders Fannie and Freddie's participation in the market threatens to bring this virtuous economic circle to a grinding halt.

Freddie Ljungberg, the former Arsenal and Sweden midfielder, and part-time pants model, is a regular: his brother, Filip, works there.

Brown's lawsuit argues that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's opposition is forcing California counties to halt plans to provide the incentives.

Freddie Roach: "You're not ordinary, " Roach said after profoundly modest Pacquiao used that word to describe himself. Amen, Freddie.

The federal government created Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the big mortgage agencies, in the interest of raising home-ownership.

Subsequently, Freddie alsopushed up with the landlord, and then shooting him at close range with a pistol.

Mr Moffett's temporary replacement is John Koskinen, who had been serving as Freddie Mac's board chairman.

Included in the downgrade were the senior issue ratings on debt issued by Fannie and Freddie, the giant mortgage-finance firms.

Some bankers have complained that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac weren't being flexible enough in discussions over loan modifications.

Freddie Ljungberg has been drafted into the Arsenal squad for the season's opener against Aston Villa at Emirates Stadium.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own or guarantee some $5 trillion in mortgages, about half the U. S. total.

The first phase was denial, which started almost two years ago with Northern Rock and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The US Treasury was granted powers late last month to extend its credit lines to Fannie and Freddie and invest in their debt and equity.

Freddie and Amy walked down the aisle followed by Eric and Kyrie, Andrew and Amber, and then Melissa and Billy.

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae both had long histories of aggressive lobbying to fend off government restrictions on their business.

asked Freddie, kneeling in the seat so that he could face back to his father and mother.

And just last week the Treasury seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant government-sponsored mortgage lenders.

Congress left several meaty matters for later, including the crippled mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac .

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have lately been the main support for the troubled housing market.

It gathered pace after the failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two government-sponsored enterprises that provide cheap home loans.

Fannie and Freddie's credit problems are largely a reflection of the overall weakness in the housing market.

Monica: Nice talk, Aunt Syl. You kiss Uncle Freddie with that mouth?

Force the Fannie and Freddie debt holders to take a haircut and convert their debt into equity.

Consistently resisted efforts to tighten regulation on the mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

On the financial front, the Treasury's proposal to salvage Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is a good start and may solve the problem.

Brendsel fell in 2003, after government regulators accused Freddie Mac of understating billions in profits in an effort to smooth earnings.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and their estimated $400 billion cost to taxpayers have been given no path to resolution.

Between unnaturally depressed interest rates and the buying spree by Fannie and Freddie , US property prices surged .

Since that change, Fannie and Freddie have been exploiting this assumed public backing for their shareholders' benefit.

The acting chief financial officer of troubled US mortgage giant Freddie Mac was found dead in an apparent suicide this morning.

Freddie was Keith's best man and his friends Eric, Billy, and Andrew were the groomsmen.

I didn't want any more hard feeling than necessary You can tell them that, Freddie is alive because of me.

Before the bust, those banks sold large amounts of loans to Fannie or Freddie, but they also held on to product like jumbo mortgages.

The size of the mortgage Fannie and Freddie can guarantee will also start to drop.

Fannie and Freddie were latecomers to subprime, and played a minor role in the explosion of irresponsible lending.

The collapse of Lehman, the buy-up of Merrill Lynch and the nationalisations of Fannie, Freddie and AIG were obvious landmarks.

The bosses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, America's limping mortgage giants, continue to draw handsome salaries.

Fannie and Freddie each own around $800 million in mortgage loans, some of them already at discounted values.

The banks lent to the government which lent to the U. S. Treasury and mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Now his bluff is being called and the future of Fannie and Freddie is once again hanging like a thunder cloud over American finance.

At the same time, investors calculated that Fannie and Freddie shareholders would not benefit from the rescue.

This song is a very beautiful song written by the late Freddie Mercury.

Freddie: I w while running up the street to stop a fight.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have drawn $96 billion from the Treasury under a senior preferred stock purchase agreement.

Then Congress created a competitor: the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, or Freddie Mac.

Together, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own or guarantee roughly half of the nation's $11 trillion home mortgage market.

There are suggestions that Geithner will expand the role of the state-sponsored mortgage firms, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Clearly, everything Fannie and Freddie did was because of the profit motive -- after all, they were private corporations.

It suggests that Fannie and Freddie should be wound down over several years, and offers three different options for the future.

When America bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the country's two big mortgage agencies, its CDS spreads widened sharply.

Pilecki's returns aside, investing in Fannie and Freddie is not for the risk averse or the faint of heart.

So Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson put Fannie and Freddie into conservatorship.

The hedge fund predicts that Freddie Mac may turn profitable this year even after paying more than $6 billion in preferred stock.

Schiff foretold the crisis before it happened, including the bankruptcy of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

These risks, though, pale into insignificance compared with Fannie and Freddie.

Together, Fannie and Freddie own or guarantee nearly half of the nation's $12 trillion worth of home mortgages.

So Fannie and Freddie will get bigger, a welcome development when mortgage markets are in trouble.

Freddie greeted his brother with a warm embrace.

Charlton were already trailing to a Freddie Ljungberg goal when Henry took over in the 48th minute.

"We are seeing a gravitation of the subprime universe from Fannie and Freddie to Ginnie" , says Mr Setia.

The World Cup players are due to return to training later this week . In addition to the defensive problems , Freddie Ljungberg is injured .

Use your ability to accurately hit the correct key by-bit portfolio, Freddie hit a perfect batting style.

Meanwhile, it has a large, worthy target for reform in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Some argue that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, America's housing-finance giants, should likewise guarantee mortgages but not buy them.

What's more, banks holding Fannie and Freddie securities get to book big gains as the Fed's buying spree drives up prices.

Also Freddie Ljungberg [ankle] will not be ready.

The Treasury, Fannie and Freddie will also invest in mortgage-backed securities to make sure there is sufficient support for US homebuyers.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were largely the tools of political intervention in the US housing market.

With its peer Fannie Mae, Freddie owns or guarantees about $5, 300bn in US mortgages.

Uncle Freddie blushed and ate a second helping of steak-and-kidney pudding.

Freddie: It just announced the winner of the bronze prize. It's gone is Australia.

The acting chief financial officer of struggling US mortgage giant Freddie Mac has been found dead, police say.

The top five foreign holders of Freddie andFannie long-term debt are China, Japan, the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, andBelgium.

Off-budget financing should be ended by closing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

A spokesman for Freddie declined to comment on its request to Mr. Buffett.

Although everybody agrees on the need to overhaul Fannie and Freddie, nobody is rushing to do much about it.

Congress approved a bailout of failing mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

And if the Fed has to worry about safeguarding Fannie and Freddie, can it afford to raise interest rates to combat inflation?

A spokesman, David Palombi, said Freddie Mac knew of no link between the death and the legal inquiries.

Then came the collapse of the government-sponsored entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both promptly nationalized.

China is by far the biggest foreign holder of Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's asset-backed securities.

Here is "The Chrysanthemum, " which Joplin wrote for the woman who would become his second wife, Freddie.

Wall Street has been holding its breath since mid-July due to fears about the fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

So you can't say tomorrow, "liquidate Fannie and Freddie" because you wouldn't have any mortgage market for a while.

Fannie Mae and the smaller Freddie Mac buy loans from banks and other lenders, then sell them as securities to investors worldwide.

I got sore at Freddie because he was banging all the cocktail waitresses and letting them goof off on the job.

Great piano from Freddie and guitar orchestrations from Brian are heard here.

Now, almost all new mortgages are backed by government guarantees via Fannie, Freddie and other programs.

So yes, the Fannie-Freddie rescue was a good thing.

The only sure way to prevent that outcome is to phase out Fannie and Freddie.

Karen, I want to see Freddie and I want to see him now.

The Fannie and Freddie rescue, though unavoidable, suggests the world is heading in that direction.

Despite the trading frenzy, Fannie and Freddie have become pariahs.

Freddie can fuck himself. He was asking for it, yeah?

He proposed tighter regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the now-nationalised mortagage agencies.

Nothaft presented Freddie Mac's January 2011 Economic Outlook to reporters at the annual International Builders' Show in Orlando.

China and Japan, the biggest buyers of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae debt, praised the move.

Freddie: I was running up the street to stop a fight.

Freddie has a cool effect on his voice to make him sound more authentic.

Freddie stared sullenly at his younger brother.

Mr Paulson vowed to lend Fannie and Freddie money and buy their shares if necessary.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have seen their stocks plummet in value in recent months.

Fannie and Freddie had a license to print money.

It will be a miracle if taxpayers get their money back from Fannie and Freddie.

About 10% of the fund's portfolio reflects Freddie and Fannie preferred stock.

Freddie told investors in 2006 that it held between $2 billion and $6 billion of subprime mortgages on its books.

An ancient debt instrument may help America after Fannie and Freddie.

First, he argued that Fannie and Freddie could not participate in sub-prime financing.

In September, Kellermann was awarded a retention bonus of $850, 000 to be paid out over 18 months, Freddie Mac said.

The government's plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac initially seemed to calm nervous markets on Monday morning.

When that organisation dissolved, Freddie Mac began paying Davis Manafort.

Today, you may say, 'Oh, but I don't want to bail out Fannie and Freddie.

The bigger question is why Fannie and Freddie are needed to achieve them.

I just heard that my college roommate Freddie is in fat city these days - a rich aunt died and left him 20 million dollars.

The government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lowered mortgage rates briefly (which helps buyers afford your home).

But Fannie and Freddie's biggest giving went to Democrats, including Dodd, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President-elect Barack Obama.

It will buy short-term debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from primary dealers.

We are strong advocates for the permanent reform of Fannie and Freddie.

Congress created Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy mortgages from lenders and package them into bonds that are resold to investors.

A top aide to the Obama campaign this morning suggested that Freddie Mac had paid Davis merely to gain access to McCain.

(Think Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ) But, please, let's not rush there.

Congress pushed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to extend more loans.

Fannie and Freddie have $5, 400bn in outstanding liabilities, mostly guarantees on mortgages.

The Treasury Department this week delayed until February its report on the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The loss of shareholder value in Fannie and Freddie adds to losses from exposure to the housing market and consumer debt.

The law also made the government's implicit backing of Fannie and Freddie explicit, if necessary by injecting capital into them.

Hand over that circus, Freddie! - I'll have your guts for garters!

This is idea, in turn, leads to the Obama administration's main conclusion: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should cease to exist.

Raising capital is tough, as AIG, Freddie Mac and Lehman show.

Fannie and Freddie own or guarantee about half of U. S. mortgages, or nearly 31 million loans.

Even with Fannie and Freddie continuing to lend, he reckons the credit crunch will knock 1. 8 percentage points off GDP growth.

It also gives the government power to throw a financial lifeline to mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Enduring reform of Fannie and Freddie is a key first step.

S. Treasury pledged to buy Fannie- and Freddie-guaranteed mortgages, thereby further putting U. S. taxpayers on the hook.

I--yes, ma'am, thank you. I think, if that's all, I must go and sew a patch on Freddie Perkins's trousers. '

Under conservatorship, the government would temporarily run Fannie and Freddie until they are on stronger footing.

When these are taken into account, Fannie and Freddie's share of the sub-prime market financing did increase even in those years.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own or guarantee nearly half of all U. S. mortgages.

"You don't live in Wyoming because you want to be sociable, " explains Freddie Botur, a rancher.

In addition, Fannie and Freddie have bought insurance against borrower defaults when the homebuyer lacks a 20% deposit.

They crushed Fannie's and Freddie's stock holders.

How come Freddie gets all the circus?

According to Freddie Mac, the rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is now just 4. 75%.

Freddie, Katie! Here, come! Come!

The rate for the popular refinancing option dropped to 3. 54 percent this week from 3. 66 percent last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday.

Freddie, firstly, can you say hello to all your Chinese fans?

The Fed made $20. 4 billion in interest on mortgage-related securities and debt holdings acquired from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2009.

"I'll carry the cup, " said Freddie. "I'm the biggest. "

Freddie estimates that US house prices have fallen by about 9 per cent during the past year.

For more on Fannie and Freddie and the 30-year mortgage, listen to our podcast, " The Frankenstein Mortgage. "