Tag Archives: fannie mae

Wed 4th August 2010
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Fannie Mae Launches $50,000 KnowYourOptions.com Web Site - Mortgage backer launches web site at $50k domain name. Fannie Mae has launched a new web site at KnowYourOptions.com, a domain name the company purchased for $50,000 in June. The company, which was bailed out by U.S. taxpayers, bought the domain name through domain broker Sedo. Hopefully a U.S. citizen sold the domain name to them to make up for his higher taxes. As expected, the site (warning: annoying auto-play talking person on site) details homeowners’ options ... read more ...
Tue 29th June 2010
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Fannie Mae Spends $50,000 to Buy Domain Name - Fannie Mae dips into pockets to buy KnowYourOptions.com. Mortgage backer Fannie Mae has spent $50,000 (of basically your money) to buy the domain name KnowYourOptions.com. The site will no doubt explain your options if you find yourself behind on your mortgage. The deal tied another domain name — VideoDating.com — for the top spot at domain broker Sedo this week. The seller of VideoDating.com is Steve Newman. He was president of GreatDomains back in the day ... read more ...
Mon 2nd March 2009
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Off Topic: Mortgage Mess - New York Times articles seem to predict mortgage mess. I know this is the second time I’ve gone off topic in just a few weeks. But with the Dow dropping below 7,000 this morning, I have to bring this up. The origins of the housing bubble and mortgage mess are complicated but were preventable. You should blame politics in part. There’s an e-mail making its rounds about a 1999 New York Times article about the relaxing of credit standards for home buyers. The ... read more ...