2008-07-16minyanville.com

But wait just one second. If Fannie and Freddie deal in only the safest of loans, why are they in trouble?

Well, it’s like this: Due to lax regulation, easy-to-outwit automated risk systems and the assumption that their mortgage-backed securities came with a government guarantee, the GSEs were free to take on huge mortgage portfolios.



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