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WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, we will address what Fannie Mae is doing to help make realism the bedrock of a sustainable housing industry. As we settle into a new year, the housing market is still facing strong headwinds. The economic recovery has been slow…unemployment has dropped but remains high…and many families are struggling to make their mortgage payments. But the good news is, there’s a 100 percent chance that Fannie Mae is going to survive all this and keep providing us mortgage loans for many decades to come.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The economy continues to show increasing signs of self-sustaining momentum, however an unexpected jump in oil prices and the potential for further tightening of fiscal policy suggest less economic momentum than previously believed, according to the March 2011 Economic Outlook released today by Fannie Mae's (FNMA/OTC) Economics & Mortgage Market Analysis Group. Projected economic growth for the year was lowered to 3.5 percent — down slightly from 3.7 percent in February 2011, but up from 2.7 percent annual growth in 2010.

WASHINGTON, DC - February 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fannie Mae's latest national housing survey finds that Americans are more confident about the stability of home prices than they were at the beginning of 2010, even though they lack confidence in the strength of the economy: