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Tag: Fannie Mae

Buffett wants to tilt the market towards manufactured housing

National issues•by •Posted March 1, 2010

On Friday Warren Buffett released his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway.  Berkshire Hathaway owns Clayton Homes, a major…

Tags: Fannie Mae, federal subsidy, GSEs, manufactured housing

The big lie about the role of affordable lending goals in the collapse of Fannie Mae

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 6, 2008

The Big Lie:  Fannie Mae collapsed because of Congressional affordable housing goals and this, in turn, was the cause of…

Tags: Community Reinvestment Act, Fannie Mae, Subprime lending

Bill O’Reilly vs Barney Frank shoutdown over Fannie Mae

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 3, 2008

This video perfectly illustrates the deterioration in the quality of the policy discussion in the country today.  Issues surrounding the…

Tags: Fannie Mae

Affordable lending is not to blame for the demise of Fannie and Freddie

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 8, 2008

Floyd Norris, writing in Sunday’s New York Times, lays the blame for the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie…

Tags: Fannie Mae, GSEs

Could a federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac prove disasterous for low income rental housing?

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 7, 2008

Who would have thought we would be looking at a federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Because it…

Tags: Fannie Mae, GSEs, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

When housing advocates sell out bad things happen

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 14, 2008

I’ve been complaining about it for years,  Now that the New York Times has said it maybe folks will take…

Tags: Fannie Mae, Housing advocates

The effect of the Fannie/Freddie meltdown on affordable housing

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 12, 2008

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares are falling like a rock.  The Bush Administration is said to be working on…

Tags: Fannie Mae

Understanding the role of GSEs, HUD and affordable housing in the subprime crisis

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 12, 2008

A page 1 story in the Washingtom Post Tuesday laid a major part of the blame for the subprime lending…

Tags: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, GSEs, Mortgage crisis, Subprime lending
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