Officials from the mortgage financing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have withdrawn from a Detroit event where homeowners are set to talk about the...

May 17 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes and Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae...

May 17 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes and Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note is

May 17 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In...

May 17 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In addition, 1-month and 12-month auctions are optional

Mortgage rates rose this week, with a widely watched survey reporting that lenders were offering 30-year fixed-rate loans at an average of 3.51%, up from a near-record low of 3.35% two weeks ago.    

May 16(Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In addition, 1-month and 12-month auctions are optional e

May 16 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes and Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note is

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 3.51% in the week ending May 16, up from 3.42% in the prior week, Freddie Mac said Thursday in its weekly report. A year ago, the 30-year rate was 3.79%. "Mortgage rates followed U.S

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The U.S. budget deficit in 2013 is projected to shrink faster than earlier thought, thanks in large part to the government's new cash cows, bailed-out housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.The Congressional Budget Office o

May 15 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes, Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said...

May 15 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes, Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note issua

May 15 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In...

May 15 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In addition, 1-month and 12-month auctions are optional

Some of the hedge funds that made fortunes in the housing-market crash are now betting on the recovery of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-controlled mortgage giants.

The deficit is shrinking as tax increases and a recovering economy are boosting tax revenue, dividend payments from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are going to federal coffers, and government spending has been curbed.

The Congressional Budget Office cited bigger-than-expected tax receipts and payments from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.    

May 13 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes, Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note issua

May 13 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes, Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said...

May 13 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes, Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note issua

May 13 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In addition, 1-month and 12-month auctions are optional

May 13 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In...

May 13 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In addition, 1-month and 12-month auctions are optional

May 13 (Reuters) - Freddie Mac, the No. 2 U.S. home funding company, on Monday said it sold $3.5 billion of reference bills at lower rates and mixed demand compared with the most recent sales of similar maturities and comparable amounts.

May 13 (Reuters) - Freddie Mac, the No. 2 U.S. home funding company, on Monday said it sold $3.5 billion of reference bills at lower rates and mixed demand compared with the most recent sales of...

May 13 (Reuters) - Freddie Mac, the No. 2 U.S. home funding company, on Monday said it sold $3.5 billion of reference bills at lower rates and mixed demand compared with the most recent sales of similar maturities and comparable amounts.

May 13 (Reuters) - Freddie Mac, the No. 2 U.S. home funding company, said it will sell $3.5 billion of reference bills on Monday.

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Saturday to back his nominee to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,...

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Saturday to back his nominee to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Democratic Representative Mel Watt.

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Saturday to back his nominee to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Democratic Representative Mel Watt.

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Saturday to back his nominee to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Democratic Representative Mel Watt.

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urgedlawmakers on Saturday to back his nominee to oversee mortgagefinanciers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,Democratic Representative Mel Watt.

May 10 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In addition, 1-month and 12-month auctions are optional

May 10 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In...

May 10 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes, Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note issua

May 10 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes, Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said...

U.S. taxpayers will soon reap a nearly $67 billion benefit from the recovering housing market, which will help to shrink deficits and delay the need to raise the country's debt ceiling.

May 9 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- After declining for more than a month, the average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 3.42% in the week ending May 9, up from 3.35% in the prior week, but remained near a record low, Freddie Mac said Thursday

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Fannie Mae on Thursday reported a first-quarter profit of $58.7 billion, setting up a $59.4 billion dividend to the U.S. Treasury.The government-sponsored mortgage giant and its rival Freddie Mac were taken under government co

The bailed-out mortgage finance company will turn over a $7 billion dividend to the federal government next month.    

(Reuters) - A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the United States can pursue parts of a civil lawsuit against Bank of America Corp over its sale of toxic mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , boosting a largely untested legal theory the gover

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the United States can pursue parts of a civil lawsuit against Bank of America Corpover its sale of toxic mortgages to Fannie Maeand Freddie Mac , boosting a largely untested legal theory the government used in

A federal judge on Wednesday said the government can pursue parts of a civil lawsuit against Bank of America Corpover its sale of toxic mortgages to Fannie Maeand Freddie Mac , boosting a largely untested legal theory that U.S. officials used in the

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday said the government can pursue parts of a civil lawsuit against Bank of America Corp over its sale of toxic mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, boosting a largely untested legal theory t

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday said the U.S. can pursue parts of a civil lawsuit against Bank of America Corp over its sale of toxic mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, boosting a largely untested legal theory the gov

May 8 (Reuters) - * U.S. may pursue civil lawsuit against Bank of America Corp over sale

May 8 (Reuters) - * U.S. may pursue civil lawsuit against Bank of America Corp over sale

* Mortgage finance firm Freddie Mac reports net income of $4.6 billion

From Freddie Mac: Freddie Mac Reports Net Income of $4.6 BILLION; Freddie Mac today reported net income of $4.6 billion for the first quarter of 2013, compared to net income of $4.5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2012. ......On a quarterly basis,