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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--Law and legislation.

Finance.

Mortgages.

Risk assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

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.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

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