Top Ten Takeaways From Fifth Circuit Hearing In Collins V. Mnuchin
Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit were not buying what the government was selling at a hearing last week. That might…
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Fannie Mae: Deep Skepticism At The 5th Circuit About The Net Worth Sweep
The government would have us believe the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is unconstitutional in its structure but its actions are within the law. But…
Lamberth Agrees Fannie And Freddie Shareholders Can Still Press Claims
Late last week, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, of all jurists, gave shareholders a small boost in the fight against the government’s ongoing seizure of…
After Ten Terrible Years At Fannie Mae A Prelude To More Of The Same
It is now exactly ten years since Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed into a government conservatorship as the U.S. economy inched toward a…
Southern District of TX Court Upholds The Net Worth Sweep, Exposes Taxpayers
In an otherwise disappointing ruling handed down by a federal appeals panel July 17, a dissenting view once highlighted the damage done by the government’s…
Can Fannie Mae Reform Flip The Election?
President Trump and Members of Congress know political strategist Jim Carville’s 1992 maxim, “It’s the economy, stupid,” still holds. Iran’s nuclear program, U.S. relations with…
Fannie Mae Has Paid Back Govt With Additional $50B At This Rate
Fannie Mae reported robust first quarter earnings earlier this morning, with comprehensive income of $3.9 billion. Courtesy of the Net Worth Sweep, by June of…
Looking At Fannie Mae Reform Ten Years Later
Steven Mnuchin was not even confirmed as Treasury Secretary when he assured in the fall of 2016 that GSE reform would be a top priority…
Time to Stop Taking Non-Serious Fannie Mae Reform Plans Seriously
As the tenth anniversary of the financial crisis that nearly brought down the global economy nears, it is astounding that ill-conceived experiments that would expose…
Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac: Seizing The “10 Percent Moment”
It is time to put to rest the fictional accounting that condemns Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to perpetual status as wards of the state…
DC Dithers On Fannie Mae Reform As Housing Market Stalls
The U.S. economy seems to be humming along. While Democrats bristle when President Trump takes credit for this, it is hard to deny that many…
Investors Unite Explain Next Steps After SCOTUS Declines to Take up Fannie Mae Shareholder Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court today let stand rulings in three shareholder lawsuits that challenged the legality of the 2012 amendment to the term of the…
A Terrible Valentine’s Day For Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac
Fannie Mae ended 2017 with a loss of $6.5 billion, leaving it with a deficit of $3.7 billion. Taxpayers will need to fill the gap…
Hensarling’s False Choice on Affordable Housing and Fannie Mae Reform
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling today issued a not-so-subtle warning to Democrats: Support evolving GSE reform legislation now or risk having affordable housing…
Corker-Warner Bill Again Negates Fannie Mae Shareholder Rights
The long-awaited revision of revisions of legislation by Sens. Bob Corker, R-TN, and Mark Warner, D-VA, to end Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s long run…