Special Supplements

10.03.14

Federal District Court Dismisses GSE Shareholders Challenge to Net Worth Sweeps.

......Much of the decision relied on a HERA prohibition on injunctive relief. The HERA

provision reads, “no court may take any action to restrain or affect the exercise of powers

or functions of the Director as a conservator or a receiver.” Congress enacted this in

2008 as to the GSEs, but it was drawn from a substantively similar provision in the

Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”) that the FDIC uses with failed banks.....

04.03.13

Reforming the U.S. Housing Finance System

Reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is a significant element of the administration’s broader reform efforts to reengineer the U.S. housing finance system, which comprises more than 15% of the country’s gross domestic product. The administration’s reform proposals will likely touch on a broad number of participants in the housing system, ranging from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Ginnie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) System, the Rural Housing System (RHS), and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), to the housing processes and systems, which drive the mortgage origination, underwriting, securitization and after-market support of mortgages.

04.04.12

GSE Report Special Supplement

A Closer Look at the Debate Over Principal Forgiveness at Fannie and Freddie

11.24.10

QE2--The Federal Reserve Board's Last-Ditch Effort to Prevent Deflation

08.28.09

Federal Government Stabilization Efforts

08.28.09

Federal Government Housing Programs

06.01.08

Side-by-side of recently-passed Senate GSE bill, H.R. 1427, and current law

06.27.07

Side-by-side of recently-passed HR 1427, proposed Senate legislation, and current law

01.05.07

An Analysis of the December GSE Reform Compromise Proposal

06.01.06

A Report on the Special Examination of Fannie: A Company Unmasked

05.21.06

The Rudman Report -- Findings and Analysis

11.28.05

GSE Side-by-side with comments column

10.26.05

Analysis of H.R. 1461, including Chairman Oxley's Manager's Amendment

08.28.05

White paper on major changes that need to be done to GSE Regulatory Reform legislation

07.26.03

Editorials and Commentaries About Freddie Mac's Accounting Scandal

09.26.01

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Lords of the Manor

09.26.01

International Fear of GSEs: Europeans Beginning to Mobiliz

06.26.01

Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s UnAffordable Housing Goals

04.26.01

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Systemic Risk

03.26.01

Making Sense Out of S&P's GSE Ratings

11.26.00

First Attempt To Enhance GSE Safety and Soundness: A Dangerous Placebo

07.26.00

Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac: Doing Well By Doing Good?

03.26.00

GSE Debt: Our National Liability?

02.26.00

Foreclosing Housing's Future

01.26.00

Erecting Tollbooths on the Information Superhighway

09.26.99

Executive Summary/Highlights of 2nd AEI Conference On Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

08.26.99

GSEs’ Liabilities Mount as Federal Budget Deficit Declines

07.26.99

Consumers, Taxpayers and Industry at Risk: The Duopoly Danger Posed by Government-Sponsored Enterprises

06.26.99

GSE Duopoly Power Threatens Private Financial Companies

05.26.99

Taxpayers v. Fannie Mae

03.26.99

GSE Expansion into Subprime and Home Equity Lending: Private Gain at Public Cost