Fannie Mae

American  

Or Fanny Mae

noun

1. Federal National Mortgage Association.

2. any of the publicly traded securities collateralized by a pool of mortgages backed by the Federal National Mortgage Association.

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Fannie Mae British  

/ ˈfænɪ meɪ /

noun

1. (in the US)an informal name for the Federal National Mortgage Association, a private company that buys and sells mortgage debt

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Etymology

Origin of Fannie Mae

Altered from FNMA, the association's initials

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• Ginnie Mae vs. Fannie Mae

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Example Sentences

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Fannie Mae

Housing-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also provide housing assistance to their employees.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Most recently, regulators allowed VantageScore to be used by government-backed mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, who historically have been siloed to using only FICO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Housing-finance giant Fannie Mae, which guarantees about one in four mortgages in America, posted a new forecast expecting the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage to average 7.4% in the last three months of this year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Mizuho cut its price targets for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, citing rising mortgage rates and other obstacles to an exit from conservatorship.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

And when I turned seven, that’s when my Aunt Fannie Mae died.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

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