Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac : Proposals to Regulate Their Mortgage Portfolio Size in the 110th Congress.

Addresses proposals in the 110th Congress to direct congressionally chartered, stockholder-owned Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to pressure the market to provide more affordable mortgages. Discusses current restrictions on FNMA (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac)...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Finance > Law and legislation. Risk assessment. Mortgages. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Addresses proposals in the 110th Congress to direct congressionally chartered, stockholder-owned Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to pressure the market to provide more affordable mortgages. Discusses current restrictions on FNMA (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac) portfolios and GSE risks, and analyzes advantages and disadvantages of proposals to increase GSE mortgage portfolios and increase conforming loan limit.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.