Fannie, Freddie portfolio caps may be lifted in Feb
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The federal regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Friday said growth limits placed on the two biggest providers of money for U.S. residential mortgages may be lifted as early as February.
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Leading stock market indexes looked set to open higher on Wednesday with focus on investment bank Morgan Stanley's  quarterly results.
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These top-rated stocks do best in the month of February.
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Stocks rose on Friday on optimism a plan by President Bush to help struggling subprime mortgage borrowers avoid foreclosure would help loosen credit conditions that have rattled financial markets.
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New government-set goals for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to make home ownership affordable have been eased slightly from the targets proposed earlier this year, the Housing and Urban Development Department said Monday.
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The October average U.S. house price jumped 8.5 percent from a year ago, setting the stage for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to raise the limit on mortgages they can buy, a Federal Housing Finance Board survey showed on Tuesday.
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Interest rates on U.S. 30-year and 15-year mortgages rose in the latest week as an improving economy stoked fears of inflation, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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Mortgage rates inched up this week, but remained well below the year-high levels set in the spring. Freddie Mac, in its weekly survey released Thursday, reported that rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages
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Stock index futures looked set to rebound on Friday from the previous session's sell-off, with Citigroup  and other financial stocks rising on a report banks are planning to sell assets to shore up capital.
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WASHINGTON - A day after Fannie Mae agreed to regulators&#39; demands to boost its capital cushion against risk and revamp its accounting, officials said Tuesday that the possibility of the beleaguered mortgage giant having to restate its earnings had been
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Mortgage securities traders and strategists say if Fannie Mae does reduce the number of mortgages it buys, it could lead to a small, short-term increase in mortgage interest rates paid by consumers, probably no more than 0.1 percent.
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Freddie Mac FRE.N said on Thursday  its mortgage investments, or retained portfolio, grew at an  annualized rate of 20.8 percent in July, compared with a 19.4  percent increase in June.
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Interest rates on U.S. 30-year and  15-year mortgages rose in the latest week as an improving  economy stoked fears of inflation, mortgage finance company  Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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Fannie Mae, the nation's largest source for home mortgage financing, said Wednesday that is is considering two placements of up to $4 billion in preferred stock to qualified institutional buyers.
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Stocks rose modestly Wednesday but concerns over Wall Streetâs bet on subprime loans have not gone away.
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Freddie Mac's  retained portfolio grew by an annualized 4.4 percent in January to $706.2 billion, the second largest U.S. home funding company said on Thursday.
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Mortgage insurers' shares rose on Wednesday as investors saw them benefiting from regulatory moves that will boost their business.