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Mortgage rates tumble, marking largest weekly drop in a year
Yahoo Finance· 2025-09-12 00:22
Mortgage rates tumbled this week, posting the largest weekly drop in the past year, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 6.35% from last week's reading of 6.5%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.2% a year ago. "Mortgage rates are headed in the right direction and homebuyers have noticed, as purchase applications reached the highest year-over-year grow ...
Wall Street banks race to win Trump admin's favor for massive Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac IPO deal
Fox Business· 2025-08-16 03:25
房利美和房地美IPO计划 - 华尔街多家银行正积极游说特朗普总统争取房利美和房地美的IPO承销业务 包括美国银行、花旗集团、摩根大通和高盛等主要投行近期均与白宫接触 [1][2] - 预计IPO将在2025年秋季或冬季进行 政府计划出售其在两房的股权 初始出售规模可能超过300亿美元 接近沙特阿美IPO的290亿美元募资规模 [5] - 财政部官员表示将根据股权出售规模和公司整体估值来决定具体方案 同时强调解决住房可负担性危机是优先事项 [8][9] 公司背景与业务模式 - 房利美和房地美是政府赞助企业 通过为贷款机构提供流动性并担保抵押贷款来降低风险 支持了美国约70%的抵押贷款市场 [12][13] - 两家公司从贷款机构购买抵押贷款 或将其打包成抵押贷款支持证券(MBS)出售给投资者 [13] - 在2007-08年金融危机期间接受1910亿美元政府救助 2008年被联邦住房金融局接管 截至2020年7月已向财政部支付超过3010亿美元股息 [14][15][16] 监管动态与市场影响 - 美国监管机构已指示房利美和房地美将加密货币纳入资产考量范围 [3] - 财政部关注两个核心问题:如何为纳税人实现两房价值最大化 以及如何控制抵押贷款利率与国债利差以缓解住房可负担性危机 [9]