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''Mortgages - mortgage-backed securities - United States.''

(FNMA, or Fannie Mae).

Fannie Mae is a US government sponsored corporation, established to expand the secondary mortgage market.

Among other activities, it lends money to home buyers.

It securitises mortgage loans as mortgage-backed securities.


It was founded in in 1938 and is headquartered in Washington DC.


== See also ==
* [[Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation]]  (FHLMC)
* [[Forbearance]]
* [[Foreclosure]]
* [[Government National Mortgage Association]]  (GNMA)
* [[Mortgage]]
* [[Mortgage-backed securities]]
* [[Secondary market]]
* [[Securitisation]]
* [[Security]]
* [[United States]]


==External link==
*[https://www.fanniemae.com/about-us/delivering-time-turmoil Fannie Mae - about us]

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