Federal National Mortgage Association
Americannoun
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The company, formally known as the Federal National Mortgage Association, appeared to be at a crossroads.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2020
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
He is Oakley Hunter, chosen by Richard Nixon as chairman of the Federal National Mortgage Association, known as Fannie Mae, the nation's largest provider of housing finance.
From Time Magazine Archive
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