Freddie Mac News

As the Obama administration forges ahead this spring with plans to wind down mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, community banks and credit unions are bracing for the impact.

Good performance on both sides of the Tasman has enabled Freightways Limited to post a strong result for the half year ended 31 December 2011.

I have written often over the past few years about the house of cards that is the American economy, but the events of the past week should frighten everybody.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, center, listens as Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, right, speaks during a news conference held to discuss a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse.

It's a frequently asked question, and the reason is always the same: A change is needed.

The company expects to offer approximately The K-706 Certificates will be offered to the market by a syndicate of dealers led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc.

Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. Freddie Mac's corporate offices are seen in McLean, Va.

A probe of Freddie Mac revealed that the mortgage insurance giant has situated itself to benefit from banks stonewalling their customers, and has taken steps to make it more difficult for those locked in high-interest mortgages to refinance to lower rates.

Three months after the Oba-ma administration announced a revolutionary refinance plan for severely underwater homeowners, most borrowers are still unable to apply.

Within months after taking over as chief lobbyist at mortgage lender Freddie Mac in 1999, Mitchell Delk hired a prominent Washington insider to advise him on how to build support among conservatives on Capitol Hill: Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives.

Sue Allon launched a loan-analysis firm in the depths of the housing crisis. Now she's ready to ride the next securitization wave.

The Republican candidates for president have some major differences in their policies and their personal lives.

Newt Gingrich speaks at the The River Church on Jan. 23, 2012 in Tampa, Florida.

First established in 2009, the Home Affordable Refinance Program was designed to assist homeowners in refinancing their Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages, even if the homeowners owe more than the home's current value.

What that number means is that 106,500 people in the Natural State want jobs but don't have them.