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Entries Tagged as 'mortgage-backed securities'

Home Loan Banks get green light for agency MBS purchases

March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off

More than 8,000 members of the Federal Home Loan Bank System will be allowed to double their purchases of mortgage-backed securities backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, providing more than $100 billion in additional liquidity over the next two years, regulators said today.  more…

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Tags: Industry News · Inman Real Estate · Mortgages · fannie mae · federal home loan banks · freddie mac · liquidity · mortgage-backed securities

Regulators relax capital requirements for Fannie, Freddie

March 19th, 2008 · Comments Off

Federal regulators say they’re giving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac additional leeway to buy up to $200 billion in mortgages and mortgage-backed securities by relaxing stringent capital requirements put in place in 2004 in the wake of management and accounting scandals.  more…

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Tags: Industry News · Inman Real Estate · Mortgages · capital · fannie mae · freddie mac · mortgage-backed securities · ofheo · refinancing · subprime

Fed taking mortgages as collateral in $200B Treasury auction

March 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

In a new program intended to ease the credit crunch, the Federal Reserve today announced it will lend $200 billion in Treasury securities to banks and investment firms, allowing them to pledge mortgage-backed securities as collateral.  more…

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Tags: Industry News · Inman Real Estate · Mortgages · federal reserve · mortgage-backed securities · paulson · treasury