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Home » Short Takes: The (Mortgage) Empire Strikes Back! / And the GSE Joiners Are… / The Junior Preferred Shareholders, Where Are They Today? / Yet Another GSE Shareholder Advocacy Group / Come On, You Can Say It: We Like the Current System
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Short Takes: The (Mortgage) Empire Strikes Back! / And the GSE Joiners Are… / The Junior Preferred Shareholders, Where Are They Today? / Yet Another GSE Shareholder Advocacy Group / Come On, You Can Say It: We Like the Current System

April 8, 2014
Paul Muolo and Charles Wisniowski
Why doesn’t the MBA, NAHB and National Association of Realtors just come out and say what they really mean, which is this: Leave Fannie and Freddie alone, return them to their shareholders and they’ll never buy another ALT A or subprime mortgage again.
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