Fannie, Freddie fight for mortgage market share

Time travelers from 2002 would have been shocked to hear public pleadings last week from the two pre-eminent government-sponsored housing agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The GSE pair, bedeviled by financial malfeasance (both alleged and admitted) the past couple of years, sounded like bloodied pugilists on the ropes, pleading forbearance and a second chance from their mortgage lender-customers.

"In the past year, Fannie Mae has shut up and listened to you, our customers," said Tom Lund, the company's chief acquisitions officer.

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