Nationwide Foreclosures De-Stabilize Mortgage Giants Fannie And Freddie
Nationwide foreclosures have de-stabilized house mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fannie Mae was set up by the US government in 1938 to help Americans own a house. The government ownership was transferred to public ownership in 1968 and Freddie Mac followed into the mortgage market two years later. As the house foreclosure crises intensified, the companies suffered losses and their share prices plunged to a never before level which threatened the very existence of the firms in the financial market. The Federal Reserve and the Treasury in a bid to pull up the mortgage firms have announced certain steps, which also meant to assure lenders all over the country that the government was prepared to take all positive measures to curb problems in the loan market which had begun a year ago and was gradually spreading it’s tentacles to suffocate the real estate market sparking reo foreclosures.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York was authorized to lend to the two companies of Fannie and Freddie 2.25% for any borrowed funds as it would help promote its lending capacity to borrowers of house mortgage in order to tide over the phenomenal foreclosure crises and financial crunch that the nation was passing through. Secretary Henry Paulson suggests that the Congress should instantly authorize the Treasury to extend its $2.25 billion credit facility to each company as also invest in equity shares of the companies, if and when required. Paulson felt, as shareholder companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were the premier companies in the housing finance market and play an important role in the system and it was imperative that they maintained their status in this moment of foreclosure crisis, when measures were being promulgated to correct the situation.
The Treasury was interested to play a “consultative role” if the Government decided to formulate new regulations to sustain the two companies where its target would be to set capital requirements for Fannie and Freddie. In response, President Bush had vested responsibility on Paulson to immediately work out a module in agreement with the Congress, to stabilize the tottering mortgage magnets in these awkward times. The two towering house mortgage companies either hold or back $3.5 trillion of mortgage debt that tantamount to 50% of the total outstanding mortgages in the country.
Paulson’s intention is to offer a housing rescue package that will help house owners to avoid foreclosures and revamp Fannie-Freddie as well.
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