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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac : turning the American dream into a nightmare

Title
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac : turning the American dream into a nightmare / Oonagh McDonald.
Author
McDonald, Oonagh.
Publication
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.

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xvii, 475 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Alternative Title
Turning the American dream into a nightmare
Subject
  • Federal National Mortgage Association
  • Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
  • Subprime mortgage loans > United States
  • Mortgage banks > United States
  • Housing policy > United States
  • Housing > United States > Finance
  • Financial crises > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Timeline -- The seeds are sown -- Two more tools in the tool-kit -- The role of the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) -- Mortgage data -- The "mission regulator" for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- The GSEs and the developing crisis -- The dominance of the GSEs -- The beginning of the end for Freddie Mac -- The beginning of the end for Fannie Mae -- The years 2005 to 2007 : drinking in the last chance saloon -- The subprime market grew and grew and no one knew -- Why did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac get away with it for so long? -- The end cometh -- What next? -- Appendix. Membership of the House Committee on Financial Services ; Membership of Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee ; Fannie and Freddie's contributions to members of the House Committee on Financial Services ; Fannie and Freddie's contributions to members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee ; Years in which Fannie Mae was a top 100 contributor to the campaign fund of a member of the House Financial Services Committee ; Years in which Fannie Mae was a top 100 contributor to the campaign fund of a member of the Senate Banking Committee ; Contributions from Fannie Mae to Senate Banking Committee ; Contributions to presidential candidates ; Fannie's annual lobbying expenditure ; Real estate lobbying expenditure ; Lobbying reports for 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
ISBN
  • 9781780930022 (hbk.)
  • 178093002X (hbk.)
  • 9781780930046 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
  • 1780930046 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
  • ocn768167209
  • 768167209
  • SCSB-5650062
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