169,337 New Listings - March 2010 - Last update March 14, 2010 6:15 AM ESTNationwide 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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September 10th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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September 11th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
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September 12th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
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September 19th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
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September 23rd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
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September 25th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
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October 3rd, 2008 at 3:28 pm
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October 28th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
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October 29th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
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October 30th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
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November 4th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
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November 11th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
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December 9th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
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December 19th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
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January 16th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
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January 20th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
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January 23rd, 2009 at 2:41 pm
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March 9th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
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March 10th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
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March 16th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
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April 1st, 2009 at 3:02 pm
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April 15th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
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May 19th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
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June 8th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
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June 10th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
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July 2nd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
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July 6th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
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July 7th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
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October 8th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
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October 19th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
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October 27th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
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October 30th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
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November 5th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
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November 10th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
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November 11th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
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November 18th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
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December 7th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
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December 21st, 2009 at 6:24 pm
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December 23rd, 2009 at 3:46 pm
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January 6th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
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January 7th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
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February 17th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
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