<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Freddie Mac</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/freddiemac?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><description>Freddie Mac</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Freddie's Profit Drops, but Share Of Market Rises]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17516-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17516-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Freddie Mac issued its 2004 results yesterday, bringing its financial reporting current two years after an accounting scandal caused a massive review of its finances and the ouster of top officers.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[HUD Sets New Goals for Fannie, Freddie]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17090-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17090-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will have to increase their funding of mortgages for low- and moderate-income home buyers, under a new rule the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced.]]></description><author> David S. Hilzenrath</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Probe of Freddie Mac Moving Slowly]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14651-2004Oct31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14651-2004Oct31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Prosecutors from the U.S. attorney's office in the District have been busy recently probing whether executives at mortgage giant Fannie Mae profited from accounting irregularities, sources said, collecting hundreds of boxes of documents from regulators and participating in interviews of a whistle-blower.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mortgage Regulator To Keep Agency Job]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24484-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24484-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Armando Falcon Jr., director of the agency that regulates mortgage funding giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, appears likely to stay on the job past the expiration of his five-year term next month, though he submitted his resignation more than a year and half ago under pressure from the White House.]]></description><author> David S. Hilzenrath</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Rules Against OFHEO]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50511-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50511-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal regulators lacked the authority to block payment of more than $50 million in compensation to former Freddie Mac chief executive Leland C. Brendsel while awaiting the outcome of actions they have brought against him, a federal judge here has ruled.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freddie Mac May Face SEC Suit For Errors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13512-2004Aug18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13512-2004Aug18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Securities regulators told the mortgage giant Wednesday that they are considering civil charges for alleged manipulation of the company's reported earnings.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upscale Mortgages Used For 'Underserved' Goals]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43942-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43942-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The $930,000 Tudor house Jeffrey and Lisa Stegman bought on nearly two acres in Cincinnati in 2001 probably isn't what lawmakers had in mind when they ordered government-sponsored housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to help disadvantaged home buyers.]]></description><author> David S. Hilzenrath</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Picks New President]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43945-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43945-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Mortgage lending giant Freddie Mac said yesterday that banking industry veteran Eugene M. McQuade will be its next president and chief operating officer, the latest in a series of management changes over the last 18 months in the wake of the McLean-based company's ongoing $5 billion accounting problems.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senators Plan Overseer for  Loan Giants]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28147-2004Mar26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28147-2004Mar26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Seeking to revive an effort that bogged down last year, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee said yesterday that the panel plans to mark up a bill next Thursday that would revamp the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the federal home loan banks, and give a new overseer the power to put the institutions in receivership if they became insolvent.]]></description><author> David S. Hilzenrath</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greenspan Warns Panel On Fannie, Freddie]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3321-2004Feb24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3321-2004Feb24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Congress Tuesday that the rapid growth of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac poses a threat to the stability of U.S. financial markets and urged lawmakers to address the issue while the companies are healthy, rather than wait for a crisis.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freddie, Fannie's Role Questioned]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22915-2003Dec22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22915-2003Dec22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new study by a Federal Reserve Board economist argues that the government's sponsorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is worth a lot to the giant mortgage companies, but not much to home buyers.]]></description><author> David S. Hilzenrath</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freddie Tries to Fix Foundation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19968-2003Dec21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19968-2003Dec21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After being reprimanded for mismanaging her authority, Maxine B. Baker remains foundation president but in a more limited role.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Freddie Execs Fined]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13400-2003Dec18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13400-2003Dec18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal regulators are seeking nearly $38 million in civil fines and benefits from two former Freddie Mac executives because of their roles in the mortgage giant's $5 billion accounting scandal.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fines Sought From Ex-Freddie Mac Execs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11549-2003Dec18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11549-2003Dec18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal regulators today filed administrative charges seeking civil penalties from two former top executives at Freddie Mac over their roles in the mortgage giant's $5 billion accounting scandal.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Penalties Sought in Freddie Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9866-2003Dec17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9866-2003Dec17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal regulators will file administrative charges as soon as Thursday seeking civil penalties from two former executives over their roles in the mortgage giant's accounting scandal.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report Calls Freddie Board Complacent]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54555-2003Dec10.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54555-2003Dec10.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While mortgage funding giant Freddie Mac was misreporting earnings by billions of dollars in recent years, its board of directors was "complacent" and failed to act on signs of trouble, federal regulators said Wednesday.]]></description><author> David S. Hilzenrath and Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Agrees to $125 Million Settlement]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52657-2003Dec10.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52657-2003Dec10.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mortgage-finance giant Freddie Mac has agreed to pay a $125 million civil fine to settle a federal regulatory inquiry into the company's misreporting of earnings by $5 billion from 2000 to 2002, a regulatory agency said this morning.]]></description><author> David S. Hilzenrath and Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freddie Agrees to Settle Inquiry  for $125 Million]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50965-2003Dec9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50965-2003Dec9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mortgage-finance giant Freddie Mac has agreed to pay a $125 million civil fine to settle a federal regulatory inquiry into management lapses that resulted in the company misreporting earnings by $5 billion from 2000 to 2002, sources said.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Freddie Mac Chief Lauded by Wall Street]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47354-2003Dec8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47354-2003Dec8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The financial industry Monday greeted favorably, for the most part, Freddie Mac's selection of Richard F. Syron as its new chairman and chief executive.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Names CEO]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44091-2003Dec7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44091-2003Dec7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/freddiemac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The board of directors of Freddie Mac named Richard F. Syron as the new chairman and chief executive of the mortgage finance giant, which has been mired in a year-long accounting scandal.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item></channel></rss>