Archinect - News2024-09-07T19:46:31-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150156105/trump-administration-poised-to-reshape-government-s-role-in-fannie-mae-freddie-mac
Trump Administration poised to reshape government's role in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Antonio Pacheco2019-08-30T19:15:00-04:00>2019-08-30T19:12:17-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d5/d518a5a3ac7ee9b37ea2701a5573fef8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Trump administration and lawmakers in both parties generally don’t believe the government should be running in effect two enormous financial companies. Administration officials want to shrink the government’s involvement and return housing finance to a privately run system.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>The Wall Street Journal</em> takes a look at how (and why) the Trump Administration is looking to change the federal government's role in overseeing aspects of the nation's mortgage securities market. </p>
<p>According to <em>WSJ</em>, the two government-sponsored entities secure half of the nation’s $10 trillion mortgage market.</p>
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Even the wealthy are having trouble buying homes in Silicon Valley, so lenders are offering "zero-down loans" Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2016-07-29T14:01:00-04:00>2016-08-02T02:03:43-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d0/d0jo40fwsa53lybg.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Lenders often give special treatment to the wealthy, of course, but the tech industry has created a particularly ripe crop of clients who are rich or on their way. [...]
“Lenders get so caught up trying to stay competitive and finding a market edge, they basically allow greed to overcome common sense ... Easy money does fuel and accelerate the inevitable bubble.”</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related on Archinect:</p><ul><li><a title="Facebook enters the housing market – and it's probably not a good thing" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149960015/facebook-enters-the-housing-market-and-it-s-probably-not-a-good-thing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook enters the housing market – and it's probably not a good thing</a></li><li><a title="Google acquires LinkedIn's HQ in huge, unexpected property swap" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149957713/google-acquires-linkedin-s-hq-in-huge-unexpected-property-swap" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google acquires LinkedIn's HQ in huge, unexpected property swap</a></li><li><a title="What's the newest project for Silicon Valley investors? Building cities" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149954668/what-s-the-newest-project-for-silicon-valley-investors-building-cities" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What's the newest project for Silicon Valley investors? Building cities</a></li><li><a title="Silicon Valley is set to get over 10K more housing units – is this the beginning of the end of its housing crisis?" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149915339/silicon-valley-is-set-to-get-over-10k-more-housing-units-is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-its-housing-crisis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Silicon Valley is set to get over 10K more housing units – is this the beginning of the end of its housing crisis?</a></li><li><a title="Apple's next, HOK-designed Silicon Valley spaceship revealed" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/138032380/apple-s-next-hok-designed-silicon-valley-spaceship-revealed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple's next, HOK-designed Silicon Valley spaceship revealed</a></li></ul>