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Economist Robert Shiller spoke with Carol Massar and Matt Miller on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart" on Tuesday. Shiller sees the likely austerity that the US will see as a result of the debt ceiling debate as negative for housing…

I decided to look at what President Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) were saying in their annual reports for 2005-2007 about the massive real estate bubble, epidemic of accounting control fraud and mortgage fraud, the resultant…

By William K. Black Freddie Mac made a terse announcement Wednesday in a securities filing about the resignation of its chief operating officer, Bruce Witherell. Freddie said that Witherell resigned "for personal reasons."…

By William K. Black (Cross-posted from Benzinga) The big news in U.S. regulation last week was the release of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission reports. (There's a major article in the New York Times about Kabul Bank that supports…

This marks the 4th month in a row of falling home prices, and the first negative year-over-year reading since January of 2010. Freddie Mac released their monthly volume summary for November which contained information on seriously…

by Annaly Capital Management Today Mike Farrell appeared as a panel participant at a House Financial Services Committee entitled The Future of Housing Finance – A Review of Proposals to Address Market Structure and Transition.  The…

By Michael Farrell, Annaly Capital Management My fellow mortgage market participants, On Tuesday, I attended the “Conference on the Future of Housing Finance” hosted by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Housing and Urban Development…

From Bloomberg: Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said the U.S. should consider “full nationalization” of the mortgage- finance system as the Obama administration plots the revival…

Topic of the Day: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Unfinished business | The Economist America's housing market: Unnecessary evils | The Economist Why We Have Freddie and Fannie, Arnold Kling | EconLog |…

A post by Annaly Capital Management The death of Senator Robert Byrd (“an institution within an institution” is what President Obama called him) may be the butterfly wings that alter the financial landscape of the United States. Without…