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'''Fannie Mae'''  is the common name for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA). <ref>[http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1529/ Blaming Fannie and Freddie], Ben Zimmer, ''Visual Thesaurus'', September 16, 2008</ref> Fannie Mae is a company that deals with the secondary [[mortgage]] market. It is a [[New Deal]] agency founded by the U.S. government to provide increased liquidity for mortgages. The company was bailed out by the US Government (along with [[Freddie Mac]]) after making billions in loans available to borrowers with demonstratively poor credit histories. It was placed in the conservatorship of another government sponsored enterprise, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in September 2008. It currently guarantees against default about $5 trillion in mortgages of American homeowners -- nearly half of all mortgages in the [[United States]].

'''Fannie Mae'''  is the common name for the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA). <ref>[http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1529/ Blaming Fannie and Freddie], Ben Zimmer, ''Visual Thesaurus'', September 16, 2008</ref> Fannie Mae is a company that deals with the secondary [[mortgage]] market. It is a [[New Deal]] agency founded by the U.S. government to provide increased liquidity for mortgages. The company was bailed out by the US Government (along with [[Freddie Mac]]) after making billions in loans available to borrowers with demonstratively poor credit histories. It was placed in the [[conservator]]ship of another government sponsored enterprise, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in September 2008. It currently guarantees against default about $5 trillion in mortgages of American homeowners -- nearly half of all mortgages in the [[United States]].

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