subprime mortgages

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regulator is proposing to limit their exposure to subprime mortgages. Brett Neely reports.

Some of the very people who made a killing in subprime mortgages are now offering loan modifications for desperate homeowners, sometimes with unsavory tactics.

Morgan Stanley wrote off $9.5 billion worth of subprime mortgages last quarter, so you might assume its executives would be in for a grilling at the annual shareholders meeting.

Nope. There was little or no outrage voiced. Michelle Leder of Footnoted.org discusses why that is.