Fannie

American  

[fan-ee] / ˈfæn i /

Or Fanny

noun

1. a female given name, form of Frances.

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Example Sentences

In January alone, investors were surprised by the military operation in Venezuela, an unexpected proposal to cap credit-card interest rates at 10%, a directive to housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion of mortgage bonds, and Japanese policy shifts that sparked a bond-market selloff, Pimco’s Marc Seidner and Pramol Dhawan wrote in a recent report.

From The Wall Street Journal

But VantageScore struggled to gain acceptance among home lenders because Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—the government-sponsored enterprises that stand behind half of single-family mortgages and set lending standards for the industry—required them to use FICO.

From The Wall Street Journal

The credit bureaus complained that Fannie and Freddie were stifling competition.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the aftermath of the housing crisis, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, sought to keep them on a tighter leash, at least for a time.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fannie and Freddie charge higher fees to insure mortgages for borrowers with lower credit scores.

From The Wall Street Journal