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About the GSEs and mortgage rates…
Oct 10, 2008When Fannie and Freddie were put into conservatorship and the government took preferred equity positions in each company, the reasoning sold to the public was simple: stabilization of the mortgage market was critical to our functioning economy, and only by seizing control of the GSEs could that stabilization be achieved. Mission accomplished? Um, not quite. Not even close, actually.
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Freddie Suspends Foreclosures for Ike Victims
Oct 10, 2008 -
Mortgage Rates Fall
Oct 09, 2008 -
Risk of Home Price Declines Intensifies in Q2: Report
Oct 01, 2008 -
HUD Readies $4 Billion for Foreclosure Prevention
Sep 29, 2008 -
First Take: Bush throws GSEs under the bus
Sep 24, 2008 -
Secondary Markets Put Pressure on Mortgage Rates
Sep 18, 2008 -
Treasury: GSE Debt Guarantees Good Past 2009
Sep 12, 2008 -
Preferred Backlash to GSE Bailout Grows
Sep 11, 2008 -
We Have a Winner, and His Name is Bill Gross
Sep 11, 2008 -
Rates Fall Dramatically in Wake of GSE Bailout
Sep 11, 2008 -
Hedge Fund USA
Sep 11, 2008
