The U.S. Treasury announced Sunday that it is taking temporary control of mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Jeremiah Norton talked about what it means for consumers, the cost to ...

Sept. 8, 2008— -- The federal takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will likely lower the cost of a mortgage for buyers with good credit, but it will also likely stick U.S ...

Since 2012, almost all Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s profits have gone to the Treasury, more than repaying the cost of the ...

September 8, 2008 • The federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is aimed at preventing a "serious risk to the financial system," which is "critical to our overall economy," Treasury ...

But more importantly, "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are so large and so interwoven in our financial system that a failure of either of them would cause great turmoil in our financial markets here at ...

WASHINGTON -- The historic seizure Sunday of mortgage finance titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is expected to strengthen the nation's sinking housing sector by lowering mortgage rates and jump ...

Under the Trump administration, the conversation is no longer theoretical, with implications for buyers, sellers and homeowners impossible to ignore.

Federal Government's Takeover Of Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac () Sep 8, 2008 ... Federal Government's Takeover Of Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac. Larry Mantle talks with Neil Irwin, ...

Treasury Secretary Paulson speaks at a news conference announcing a federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James B. Lockhart looks on September 7, ...

The ensuing mortgage-market meltdown led to a bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which placed them into what’s known as “conservatorship,” an arrangement giving the federal government ...

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr., and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be under the conservatorship of the FHFA starting ...