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Risks are rising that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may need a government bailout that could cost far more than previous rescues. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Among the nightmares lurking around the corner for the already battered housing and credit markets would be a meltdown at mortgage financing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Although [...]

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Shares in Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other leading housing financiers plunged yesterday amid widening concerns about the health of the US mortgage market. “If liquidity is the elixir of life for any Wall Street firm, the current market certainly has the potential to be lethal,” said Kenneth Hackel, managing director of fixed-income [...]

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United States regulators have ripped up longstanding restrictions on the government-sponsored mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, freeing them to buy significantly more mortgages and potentially to reinvigorate the secondary market for mortgage debt. At the same time, Senate Democrats have introduced a bill that includes a controversial provision to the mortgage banking industry [...]

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