Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
Definition
US government sponsored public corporation (established in 1938) that buys and pools qualified mortgage loans from their originating financial institutions. It then issues securities backed by its guarantee (and not that of the US government) against the mortgage pool for sale in the open market to provide fresh funding for home mortgages. Fannie Mae, as it is popularly called, is the largest US player in the secondary mortgage market.
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance, Investing and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) appears in the definitions of the following terms: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and Fannie Mae
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