Fannie Mae Pays the Price of Cutting Corners to Look Safe
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Two regulatory agencies have concluded that Fannie Mae cut corners when it came to its accounting, and that has severely damaged its image.
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The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered Fannie Mae, the nation&#39;s largest buyer of mortgages, to restate its earnings over the last four years
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Fannie Mae would have to maintain 30 percent more capital than current rules demand it hold on its balance sheet, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, said in a statement.
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A federal regulator yesterday suggested that a measure that would allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to take on jumbo mortgages could divert loan money from less expensive housing.
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The strength of competitive advantage determines the margin of safety required.
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Be careful what you wish for, Force Protection investors.
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Fannie Mae, facing questions about its accounting similar to those that shook up Freddie Mac last year, has agreed to changes that will bring it in compliance with accounting standards.
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Those little investing fees can clobber you down the road.
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The easy money is making a quick exit out of risky mortgages.
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For the last two months, Franklin D. Raines has been the public face of Fannie Mae, testifying before Congress that he believed that the company&#39;s accounting methods were sound.
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WASHINGTON - Shifting course, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson planned to tell Congress that the Bush administration would consider allowing the big mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to temporarily buy, bundle, and sell as securities loans exceeding $417,000.
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Throughout the tumult of the past several years, there was one aspect of Fannie Mae culture that seemed to hold steady.
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Mortgage giant Fannie Mae is now the target of a formal inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission over its accounting practices, the company said in a regulatory filing yesterday.
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U.S. mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae said on Wednesday a Securities and Exchange Commission decision that it must restate earnings over accounting problems is likely to cut into its capital position.
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A Web venture gives borrowers a way to compare what they will probably pay for a mortgage in commissions, points, interest rates and fees.
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A few little changes in behavior can reap big savings.
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Fannie Mae's prime regulator said today that the giant mortgage company deliberately flouted accounting rules to project an image of smooth and relatively low-risk-earnings growth.