WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Thursday announced details of a plan to halt foreclosures and evictions from Thanksgiving until a week after New Year's.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Co. said it had requested $14 billion in federal aid after posting third-quarter losses of $25.3 billion.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama's new chief of staff was a Freddie Mac director while scandal brewed at the mortgage agency, government reports say.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Mortgage giant Freddie Mac was quickly shedding mortgages in an effort to raise cash when it was seized by the U.S. government, new figures show.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. said Friday it is laying off two lobbyists following the U.S. government takeover of the lender this month.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The major-party U.S. presidential candidates have ties to troubled Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, a review of records indicates.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The fate of charitable donations made by faltering U.S. mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae is under review, a government official said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Sunday the federal government will take over teetering giant mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The shadow of a possible bailout at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. in Washington is hindering executives' efforts to raise capital, analysts said.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Interest rates for 30-year, fixed-rate U.S. mortgages declined slightly from the previous week, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- A bill aimed at easing the worst effects of the U.S. mortgage finance crisis was headed Wednesday to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve have settled on a strategy for the U.S. government to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, officials said Sunday.
WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- Interest rates for 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages declined slightly in the United States in the last week, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to handle larger mortgages could push the lender into riskier territory, a banking regulator told key U.S. senators.
MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. mortgage rates have fallen to their lowest levels in four weeks, the Freddie Mac primary market survey reported Thursday.
