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FNMA
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FNMA
S&P 500
Over the past 12 months, FNMA has underperformed S&P 500, delivering a return of -56% compared to S&P 500's +10% growth.
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FNMA vs S&P 500
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Federal National Mortgage Association
Glance View
Federal National Mortgage Association, better known as Fannie Mae, is a government-sponsored company that sits in the middle of the U.S. housing finance system. It does not mainly make home loans itself; instead, it buys mortgages from lenders, packages many of them into mortgage-backed securities, and guarantees payments on those securities. That helps banks and mortgage lenders keep making new loans to homebuyers and renters. Its main customers are mortgage lenders, banks, credit unions, and investors who buy mortgage-backed securities. Fannie Mae earns money by charging fees for guaranteeing mortgage payments, managing the loans it owns or guarantees, and providing services that support mortgage securitization and loan servicing. Its business depends on the quality of the mortgages it backs and on the smooth functioning of the secondary mortgage market. What makes Fannie Mae different is its role as a financial middleman rather than a traditional lender. It helps turn individual home loans into securities that can be sold to investors, which spreads mortgage risk and keeps credit flowing through the housing market. That makes Fannie Mae a key infrastructure company for U.S. home finance, even though most homebuyers never deal with it directly.
