News Grim for Fannie and Freddie

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I thought Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may have had a chance to recover, but the news is looking grim for both mortgage-finance companies. So many people have used Fannie and Freddie to buy homes — nearly half of U.S. home owners — but with the housing market only getting worse, stock shares plummeted, both losing “a quarter of their value.”