Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending

By STEVEN A. HOLMES Published: September 30, 1999

In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders...

Link: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...75AC0A96F958260

Besides this being OLD information, your point is??

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Just thought it was interesting the fact that in 1999 they discussed how they might run into trouble with new lending practices and how the government will bail them out.