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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Example Sentences

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Fannie Mae

Fannie Mae expects the 30-year mortgage rate to subsequently increase to 7.5% and stay there throughout 2027.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 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

Harabedian has said that most of the contracts and guidelines of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — the government-sponsored organizations that hold or guarantee the majority of U.S. mortgages — do not bar loan deferrals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

At least 10 senior Fannie Mae employees are leaving the secondary mortgage giant, with a senior administration official saying they were terminated.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

I don’t know this because I remember, I know this because my Aunt Fannie Mae told me so.

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

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