Federal National Mortgage Association
Americannoun
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She settled in San Antonio in 2005 and was a past director of the Federal National Mortgage Association.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2018
In 1994, he left the government and joined the Federal National Mortgage Association, better known as Fannie Mae.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2016
The Federal National Mortgage Association, or “Fannie Mae”, was made private in 1968, and was joined by a twin, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, “Freddie Mac”, in 1970.
From Economist ● Apr. 10, 2014
New Deal policy makers created Fannie Mae, originally called the Federal National Mortgage Association, to buy mortgages from local banks and mortgage companies and sell them to insurance companies and other investors.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2012
"The ceiling on the size of single-family home loans purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association is declining by $150, to $187,450 next year, the first drop in at least a decade."
From Time Magazine Archive
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