Dec 19th 2011 1:10PM
NEW YORK -- The Securities and Exchange Commission charged six former executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with securities fraud on Friday for misrepresenting their holdings of high-risk mortgage loans. The SEC is targeting three former executives of Freddie Mac, including chief executive officer Daniel Mudd, chief... Continue Reading »
Feb 16th 2011 2:01PM
After months of processing the input from the Conference on the Future of Housing Finance, as well as countless hours of speaking with various lobbyists from innumerable organizations behind the scenes (resulting, no doubt, in the premature death of many thousands of $250 bottles of wine), the Obama administration finally... Continue Reading »
Dec 31st 2010 9:25AM
Rob Hahn and Jeff Corbett are partners in 7DS Associates, a strategic management consultancy focused on the real estate business. As industry insiders and observers, they agree on many aspects of the current housing market; they disagree on plenty of others. AOL Real Estate asked them to conduct a dialogue throughout this... Continue Reading »
Sep 3rd 2010 12:48PM
Fannie Mae won't fade away so easily -- at least not before it strikes some fear into sluggish loan servicers. The company has announced that it will penalize loan servicers who take too long to process foreclosures that clearly don't qualify for a short sale or loan modification. The fines will be based on a formula that... Continue Reading »
Jul 22nd 2010 4:57PM
On its face, it's a shocking headline -- but it's not quite what it seems. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced today that it would begin selling bonds backed by residential mortgages. If these sound a little too much like the kinds of financial instruments that cratered the economy in 2008, rest assured... Continue Reading »
